Rostanga pulchra MacFarland, 1905 is a animal in the Discodorididae family, order Nudibranchia, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Rostanga pulchra MacFarland, 1905
Rostanga pulchra MacFarland, 1905 is a dorid nudibranch that grows to 30 mm, found along the Pacific coast of the Americas, feeding on Ophlitaspongia pennata.
Rostanga pulchra MacFarland, 1905 can reach a maximum length of 30 mm. This well-known species is distributed along the Pacific Ocean coast of North, Central, and South America, ranging from Point Craven, Alaska down through the Gulf of California, Panama, Chile, to Argentina. It is found intertidally under boulders and in shallow water, and typically feeds on the sponge Ophlitaspongia pennata.
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Halgerda willeyi Eliot, 1904
Sclerodoris tuberculata Eliot, 1904
Halgerda tessellata (Bergh, 1880)
Geitodoris heathi (MacFarland, 1905)
Jorunna parva (Baba, 1938)
Atagema alba (O'Donoghue, 1927)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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