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

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.