Phestilla poritophages is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae.[2] The species was named after its prey genus, the hard coral Porites.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Trinchesiidae |
| Genus: | Phestilla |
| Species: | P. poritophages
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| Binomial name | |
| Phestilla poritophages | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cuthona poritophages Rudman, 1979 | |
Distribution edit
This species was described from 1 km south of Kunduchi, Tanzania.[1]
References edit
- ^ 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 Journal of the Linnean Society. 65: 339-350 with 6 figures.
- ^ Picton, B. (2017). Phestilla poritophages (Rudman, 1979). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-09.
- ^ Rudman, W.B. (April 1981). "Further studies on the anatomy and ecology of opisthobranch molluscs feeding on the scleractinian coral Porites". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 71 (4): 373–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1981.tb01136.x.