Phestilla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Heterobranchia Infraclassis: Euthyneura Cohors: Ringipleura Superordo: Nudipleura Ordo: Nudibranchia Subordo: Cladobranchia Superfamilia: Fionoidea

Familia: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Phestilla
Species (5): P. lugubris – P. melanobrachia – P. minor – P. panamica – P. subodiosus

[source: WoRMS]

Name

• Phestilla Bergh, 1874

References

Primary references

• Bergh 1874: J. Mus. Godeffroy, Heft 6, 91.

selected references

• Ritson-Williams, R.; Shjegstad, S.; Paul, V. 2003: Host specificity of four corallivorous Phestilla nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). Marine ecology progress series, 255: 207–218. abstract and pdf
• Rudman, W.B. 1981. Further studies on the anatomy and ecology of opisthobranch molluscs feeding on the scleractinian coral Porites. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 71(4): 373-412. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1981.tb01136.x . Reference page. 
• Host shift and speciation in a coral-feeding nudibranch.
• Progressive coral tissue mortality following predation by a corallivorous nudibranch (Phestilla sp.).
• Larval metamorphic competence in four species of Phestilla (Gastropoda; Opisthobranchia).
• Larval metamorphosis of Phestilla spp. in response to waterborne cues from corals.
• Wang, A., Conti-Jerpe, I.E., Richards, J.L. & Baker, D.M. 2020. Phestilla subodiosus sp. nov. (Nudibranchia, Trinchesiidae), a corallivorous pest species in the aquarium trade. ZooKeys, 909: 1–24. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.909.35278 Reference page. 

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Phestilla – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Phestilla.
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus