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Phestilla poritophages

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Phestilla poritophages
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. poritophages
Binomial name
Phestilla poritophages
(Rudman 1979)[1]
Synonyms

Cuthona poritophages Rudman, 1979

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

Distribution

This species was described from 1 km south of Kunduchi, Tanzania.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Rudman, W. B. (1979). The ecology and anatomy of a new species of Aeolid Opisthobranch Mollusc; a predator of the Scleractinian coral Porites. Zoological Joumal of the Linnean Society. 65: 339-350 with 6 figures.
  2. ^ Picton, B. (2017). Phestilla poritophages (Rudman, 1979). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-09.
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