Rostanga bifurcata Bifurcate Rostanga

Bifurcate Rostanga,Blairgowrie 2012

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lexID:: 9025
AphiaID:: 533989

Scientific:: Rostanga bifurcata
German:: Gegabelte Rostanga
English:: Bifurcate Rostanga

Category:: Nakensnäckor

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Discodorididae (Family) > Rostanga (Genus) > bifurcata (Species)
Initial determination:: Rudman & Avern, 1989

Occurrence:: Hong Kong, Australia, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Singapore, Tansania, Tasmania (Australia), Western Pacific Ocean
Size:: 0.39" - 0.71" (1cm - 1.8cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Sponges
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Rostanga alisae
Rostanga aliusrubens
Rostanga ankyra
Rostanga anthelia
Rostanga arbutus
Rostanga aureomala
Rostanga bassia
Rostanga bifurcata
Gegabelte Rostanga
Rostanga byga
Rostanga calumus
Rostanga crawfordi
Crawdords Meerzitrone, Crawfords Rostanga
Rostanga crocea
Rostanga dentacus
Nacktschnecke
Rostanga elandsia
Rostanga lutescens
Nacktschnecke
Rostanga muscula
Rubinrote Rostanga
Rostanga orientalis
Rostanga phepha
Dalmatiner Rostanga
Rostanga pulchra
Roter-Schwamm Doris
Rostanga risbeci
Rostanga rubra
Rote Rostanga
Rostanga setidens

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-12-11 20:05:25
Last edit:: 2015-12-11 20:05:25

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Rostanga bifurcata Rudman & Avern, 1989

Rostanga bifurcata is red. The dorsum is covered with caryophyllidia.Caryophyllidia are sensory tubercles, surrounded by tiny needle-like structures(spicules) on the dorsal surface of dorid sea slugs.

This sea slug was found on the red sponge Antho chartacea (family Microcionidae) on which it prbably feeds. The most sea slugs genus Rostanga also feed on sponges of the family Microcionidae.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Doridoidea (Superfamily) > Discodorididae (Family) > Rostanga (Genus) > Rostanga bifurcata (Species)

External links

Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Seaslugs of Hawaii (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Rostanga bifurcata,Indonesien 2015,Copyright Dr. Alicia Hermosill

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