Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Euctenidiacea > Infraorder Doridacea > Superfamily Doridoidea > Family Discodorididae > Genus Rostanga

Rostanga rubra (Risso, 1818)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rostanga*	Bergh, 1879	accepted genus name
*Boreodoris*	Odhner, 1939	synonym

Species group names

*Doris rubra*	Risso, 1818	basionym
*Doris coccinea*	Forbes, 1848	synonym
*Doris rubra*	Risso, 1818	synonym
*Rostanga perspicillata*	Bergh, 1881	synonym
*Rostanga rufescens*	Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923	synonym
*Rostanga temarana*	Pruvot-Fol, 1953	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
Barcode of Life
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Rostanga rubra (Risso, 1818). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141404