Phestilla

Phestilla is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae.

Its members are unusual in feeding on hard corals, unlike other members of the family Trinchesiidae which feed on hydroids. Adult Phestilla have no cnidosacs. This genus has been investigated using DNA phylogeny and undescribed species exist.

Species

Species within the genus Phestilla include:

• Phestilla arnoldi <small>Mehrotra & Caballer, 2024</small>
• Phestilla chaetopterana <small>Ekimova, Deart & Schepetov, 2017</small>
• Phestilla fuscostriata <small>Hu, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2020</small>
• Phestilla goniophaga <small>Hu, Zhang, Yiu, Xie & Qui, 2020</small>
• Phestilla lugubris <small>Bergh, 1870</small>
• Phestilla melanobrachia <small>Bergh, 1874</small>
• Phestilla minor <small>Rudman, 1981</small>
• Phestilla panamica <small>Rudman, 1982</small>
• Phestilla poritophages <small>Rudman, 1979</small>
• Phestilla sibogae <small>Bergh, 1905</small>
• Phestilla subodiosa <small>A. Wang, Conti-Jerpe, J. L. Richards & D. M. Baker, 2020</small>
• Phestilla viei <small>Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich in Mehrotra, Arnold, Wang, Chavanich, Hoeksema & Caballer, 2020</small>

Species names currently considered to be synonyms:

• Phestilla hakunamatata <small>Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003</small>: synonym of Hermosita hakunamatata
• Phestilla subodiosus <small>A. Wang, Conti-Jerpe, J. L. Richards & D. M. Baker, 2020</small> : synonym of Phestilla subodiosa (incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet)

References

External links

• Nudipixel page for the genus
• Bergh, L. S. R. (1874). Neue Nacktschnecken der Südsee, malacologische Untersuchungen II. Journal des Museum Godeffroy. 2(6): 91-116
• Bieler, R. & R. E. Petit, 2012. Molluscan taxa in the publications of the Museum Godeffroy of Hamburg, with a discussion of the Godeffroy Sales Catalogs (1864–1884), the Journal des Museum Godeffroy (1873–1910), and a history of the museum. Zootaxa, 3511: 1-80
• Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800
• Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1