Rostanga
Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rostanga is a genus of sea slugs in the family Discodorididae.[3] Some sources, such as The Sea Slug Forum still classify Rostanga in the family Dorididae.
| Rostanga | |
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| A live individual of Rostanga pulchra, head end towards the right | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Rostanga (Bergh, 1879)[1] |
| Type species | |
| Doris coccinea Forbes, 1848 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Phylogeny
A phylogenetic analysis shows that the species Rostanga aureamala, Rostanga elandsia, Rostanga pepha and Rostanga setidens form a sister group with the other species in this genus. The species from Japan and the Marshall Islands form the basal clade. The species from the tropical Indo-Pacific are not monophyletic. The species from the Atlantic Ocean and the Eastern Pacific from a clade that is a sister group to R. australis. The Indo-Pacific species Rostanga bifurcata forms a sister group to Rostanga dentacus.[4]
Species
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Perspective
Species within the genus Rostanga include:
- Rostanga alisae Martynov, 2003[5][6]
- Rostanga aliusrubens Rudman & Avern, 1989[7]
- Rostanga ankyra Valdés, 2001[8][9]
- Rostanga anthelia Perrone, 1991[10]
- Rostanga arbutus (Angas, 1864)[7]
- Rostanga aureamala Garovoy, Valdés & Gosliner, 2001[4]
- Rostanga bassia Rudman & Avern, 1989[7]
- Rostanga bifurcata Rudman & Avern, 1989[7]
- Rostanga byga Er. Marcus, 1958[11]
- Rostanga calumus Rudman & Avern, 1989[7]
- Rostanga crawfordi (Burn, 1969)
- Rostanga crocea Edmunds, 2011[12]
- Rostanga dentacus Rudman & Avern, 1989[7]
- Rostanga elandsia Garovoy, Valdés & Gosliner, 2001[4]
- Rostanga ghiselini Gosliner & Bertsch, 2017
- Rostanga lutescens (Bergh, 1905)
- Rostanga muscula (Abraham, 1877)[7]
- Rostanga orientalis Rudman & Avern, 1989[7]
- Rostanga phepha Garovoy, Valdés & Gosliner, 2001[4]
- Rostanga pulchra (MacFarland, 1905)[7]
- Rostanga risbeci Baba, 1991[13]
- Rostanga rubra (Risso, 1818)[14]
- Rostanga setidens (Odhner, 1939)[15]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Rostanga australis Rudman & Avern, 1989:[7] synonym of Rostanga crawfordi (Burn, 1969)
- Rostanga evansi Eliot, 1906 : synonym of Jorunna evansi (Eliot, 1906)
- Rostanga hartleyi Burn, 1958 : synonym of Jorunna hartleyi (Burn, 1958)
References
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