Rostanga rubra (Risso, 1818)
Nudibrânquio
Morfologia de Rostanga rubra
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Informação detalhada sobre Rostanga rubra
Pequeno nudibrânquio de aspecto "peludo", à semelhança das espécies do género Jorunna, como J. tomentosa, dada a elevada densidade de tubérculos no manto (caryophylidia). Como o nome indica, apresenta uma coloração avermelhada. Os rinóforos são cinzento e lamelados, com a particularidade de apresentar as lamelas com uma orientação oblíqua, quase vertical, ao invés da orientação normal horizontal. As brânquias são da cor do manto e pouco destacadas.
Referências:
- Rudman, W.B. & Avern, G.J. (1989) The genus Rostanga Bergh, 1879 (Nudibranchia:Dorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 96: 281-338.
- Schmekel, R. L., & Portmann, A. (1982) Opisthobranchia des Mittelmeeres, Nudibranchia und Saccoglossa. Fauna e flora del Golfo di Napoli 40, Monografia della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli, pp. i-viii, 1-410, pls. 1-36. Springer-Verlag.
- Thompson, T. E. & Brown, G.H. (1984) Biology of opisthobranch molluscs, vol. 2, 229 pp., 41 pls. Ray Society, no. 156.
- Wirtz, P. & Debelius, H. (2003) Mediterranean and Atlantic Invertebrate Guide, Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany (ISBN 3-925919-62-7), p. 222.