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Phestilla minor

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Phestilla minor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Phestilla
Species:
P. minor
Binomial name
Phestilla minor
Rudman, 1981[1]

Phestilla minor is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Kunduchi Beach, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Additional specimens from Lizard Island, Australia were included in the original description.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Rudman, W. B. (1981). Further studies on the anatomy and ecology of opisthobranch molluscs feeding on the scleractinian coral Porites. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 71: 373-412.
  2. ^ Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Phestilla minor Rudman, 1981. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-09
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (May 23) Phestilla minor Rudman, 1981. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.