Rostanga ankyra is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.[2]
| Rostanga ankyra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Rostanga |
| Species: | R. ankyra
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| Binomial name | |
| Rostanga ankyra Valdés, 2001 [1]
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Distribution
editThis species was collected from 650 m (2,130 ft) depth, south of New Caledonia, 24°40′S 168°38′E / 24.667°S 168.633°E[1]
Description
editThe living animal is uniformly white, with typical shape and caryophyllidia covering the mantle surface as is normal for species of Rostanga. Only three species of Rostanga are white in colour, Rostanga setidens and Rostanga phepha. Rostanga phepha has the dorsum covered with purplish brown spots.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Valdés Á. 2001. Deep-sea cryptobranch dorid nudibranchs (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from the tropical West Pacific, with descriptions of two new genera and eighteen new species. Malacologia 43 (1-2) : 237-311
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Rostanga ankyra Valdés, 2001. Accessed on 2019-02-03.