Rostanga rubra

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Rostanga rubra
Rostanga rubra depicted in Alder and Hancock A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca as Doris coccinea Forbes, 1848
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Rostanga
Species:
R. rubra
Binomial name
Rostanga rubra
(Risso, 1818)[1]
Synonyms
  • Doris coccinea Forbes, 1848
  • Rostanga perspicillata Bergh, 1881
  • Rostanga rufescens Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
  • Rostanga temarana Pruvot-Fol, 1953

Rostanga rubra, is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.

This species was described from Nice, France. It has been reported from Norway to Spain on the Atlantic Ocean coasts of Europe and from the Canary Islands and Madeira.

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