Genus of gastropods
Phestilla is agenus ofsea slugs, aeolidnudibranchs,marinegastropodmolluscs in thefamilyTrinchesiidae.
Its members are unusual in feeding on hard corals, unlike other members of the family Trinchesiidae which feed onhydroids. AdultPhestilla have nocnidosacs. This genus has been investigated using DNA phylogeny and undescribed species exist.[1][2][3]
Species within the genusPhestilla include:[4]
- Phestilla chaetopterana(Ekimova, Deart & Schepetov, 2017)
- Phestilla fuscostriataHu, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2020
- Phestilla goniophagaHu, Zhang, Yiu, Xie & Qui, 2020
- Phestilla lugubris(Bergh, 1870)
- Phestilla melanobrachiaBergh, 1874
- Phestilla minorRudman, 1981
- Phestilla panamicaRudman, 1982
- Phestilla poritophages(Rudman, 1979)
- Phestilla sibogaeBergh, 1905[1]
- Phestilla subodiosaA. Wang, Conti-Jerpe, J. L. Richards & D. M. Baker, 2020
- Phestilla vieiMehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich in Mehrotra, Arnold, Wang, Chavanich, Hoeksema & Caballer, 2020
Species names currently considered to be synonyms:
- Phestilla hakunamatataOrtea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003 synonym ofHermosita hakunamatata(Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003)
- Phestilla subodiosusA. Wang, Conti-Jerpe, J. L. Richards & D. M. Baker, 2020 : synonym ofPhestilla subodiosaA. Wang, Conti-Jerpe, J. L. Richards & D. M. Baker, 2020 (incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet)
- ^abFaucci, A., Robert J. Toonen, & Michael G. Hadfield, (2007). Host shift and speciation in a coralfeeding nudibranch. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B Biological Sciences 274(1606):111-119.
- ^Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017).Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.
- ^Rudman, W.B., 2000 (January 29)Phestilla sp. 1. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^Bouchet, P.; Bieler, R. (2016).Phestilla Bergh, 1874. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-27.
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Phestilla.
- Nudipixel page for the genus
- Bergh, L. S. R. (1874). Neue Nacktschnecken der Südsee, malacologische Untersuchungen II. Journal des Museum Godeffroy. 2(6): 91-116
- Bieler, R. & R. E. Petit, 2012. Molluscan taxa in the publications of the Museum Godeffroy of Hamburg, with a discussion of the Godeffroy Sales Catalogs (1864–1884), the Journal des Museum Godeffroy (1873–1910), and a history of the museum. Zootaxa, 3511: 1-80
- Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800
- Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1
