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Phestilla
Sign in to savePhestilla is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNudibranchia
- FamilyTrinchesiidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 45
- With media
- 22
- Family
- Tergipedidae
- Collections
- CAS, UF, WAM, AM
- Recorded in
- United States, Philippines, Indonesia, Tanzania, Seychelles, Japan, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Trinchesiidae
- Image
- Phestilla melanobranchia, Osezaki.jpg
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Phestilla is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae.
Its members are unusual in feeding on hard corals, unlike other members of the family Trinchesiidae which feed on hydroids. Adult Phestilla have no cnidosacs. This genus has been investigated using DNA phylogeny and undescribed species exist.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phestilla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.