Rostanga phepha
| Rostanga phepha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Rostanga |
| Species: | R. phepha
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| Binomial name | |
| Rostanga phepha Garovoy, Valdes & Gosliner, 2001[1]
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Rostanga phepha, is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.
Distribution
[edit]This species has so far only been found around the southern African coast, from the Atlantic side of the Cape Peninsula.[1][2] This nudibranch appears to be endemic to South Africa.
Description
[edit]Distinctively different to other Rostanga species, this animal has a white notum with elongate, scattered, purple-brown spots.
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