species: Phestilla lugubris in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Lizard Island area: all known taxa > Animalia > Mollusca > Gastropoda > Heterobranchia > Nudibranchia > Trinchesiidae > Phestilla > Phestilla lugubris (gallery)
Phestilla lugubris


©Ingo Burghardt: Phestilla lugubris at Lizard Island

show or add records

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Nudibranchia
Family Trinchesiidae
Genus Phestilla
Species Phestilla lugubris

Show in taxonomy
Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

    

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Diet

These slugs are often found in pairs on their preferred food, Porites corals (Sea Slug Forum accessed 30 Oct 2017).

Web resources

References

  • Burghardt, I. (2006). Biologie, Diversitaet und Evolution "solarbetriebener" Nudibranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) und ihrer Symbiose mit Zooxanthellen, Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany. LIRS catalog number 1063.
  • Burghardt, I. and H. Waegele (2006). Interspecific differences in the efficiency and photosynthetic characteristics of the symbiosis of "solarpowered" Nudibranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda), n: Contemporary studies into the systematics and evolution of opisthobranch molluscs, (Eds. G. Brodie, S. Fahey and F.E. Wells), Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 69: 1-10. LIRS catalog number 1035.
  • Coleman, N. (2008). Nudibranchs Encyclopedia: Catalogue of Asia/ Indo-Pacific Sea Slugs Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic, Springwood, Qld.
  • View all references