Phestilla
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| An orange individual of Phestilla melanobrachia, head end towards the left | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Genus: | Phestilla Bergh, 1874
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Phestilla was a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tergipedidae. It is currently accepted as a synonym of Tenellia.[1] This genus has been investigated using DNA phylogeny and undescribed species exist.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Phestilla included:[3]
- Phestilla lugubris (Bergh, 1870)
- Phestilla melanobrachia Bergh, 1874
- Phestilla minor Rudman, 1981
- Phestilla panamica Rudman, 1982
Species names currently considered to be synonyms:
- Phestilla hakunamatata Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003 synonym of Hermosita hakunamatata (Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003)
- Phestilla sibogae Bergh, 1905 synonym of Phestilla lugubris (Bergh, 1870) - disputed[2]
References
- ^ Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800.
- ^ a b Faucci, A., Robert J. Toonen, & Michael G. Hadfield, (2007). Host shift and speciation in a coralfeeding nudibranch. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B Biological Sciences 274(1606):111-119.
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Bieler, R. (2016). Phestilla Bergh, 1874. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-27.