A new species of coral-feeding nudibranch (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Gulf of Thailand

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作者
Mehrotra, Rahul [1 ,2 ]
Arnold, Spencer [2 ]
Wang, Adam [3 ]
Chavanich, Suchana [1 ]
Hoeksema, Bert W. [4 ,5 ]
Caballer, Manuel [6 ]
机构
[1] Chulalongkorn Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Marine Sci, Reef Biol Res Grp, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
[2] Conservat Diver, 7321 Timber Trail Rd, Evergreen, CO 80439 USA
[3] Chinese Int Sch, Braemar Hill, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[4] Naturalis Biodivers Ctr, Taxon & Systemat Grp, Leiden, Netherlands
[5] Univ Groningen, Groningen Inst Evolutionary Life Sci, Groningen, Netherlands
[6] Amer Univ Paris, Dept Comp Sci Math & Environm Sci, 6 Rue Colonel Combes, F-75007 Paris, France
基金
欧盟地平线“2020”;
关键词
Fionoidea; Trinchesiidae; Ecto-parasite; Phestilla Bergh; 1874; Pavona explanulata (Lamarck; 1816); Camouflage; FAMILY TERGIPEDIDAE GASTROPODA; KOH TAO GULF; AEOLID-NUDIBRANCHS; REEF; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; HETEROBRANCHIA; SYMBIODINIUM; EXTINCTION; PHESTILLA; GENUS;
D O I
10.1007/s12526-020-01050-2
中图分类号
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号
090705 ;
摘要
The validity and position of the Indo Pacific genus Phestilla Bergh, 1874 (Fionoidea: Trinchesiidae) have been subject of some controversy as a result of several recent studies, which have sequentially synonymized or re-established it. At present, the genus includes eight valid species, the most of them described in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and all but one feeding on scleractinian corals of four genera: Porites Link, 1807 (Poritidae), Tubastraea Lesson, 1830, Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830 (Dendrophylliidae) and Montipora Blainville, 1830 (Acroporidae). The discovery of an unknown Phestilla species feeding on Pavona explanulata (Lamarck, 1816) (Agariciidae) in Koh Tao, Thailand, motivates this work, in which this new species is described providing morphoanatomical and molecular characters. In addition, its systematic position and ecological significance as coral parasite are discussed.
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