WoRMS name details
Phestilla poritophages (Rudman, 1979)
1037028 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1037028)
uncertain (controversed genus allocation)
Species
Tenellia poritophages (Rudman, 1979) · alternative representation (controversed genus allocation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cuthona poritophages Rudman, 1979) Rudman, W. B. (1979). The ecology and anatomy of a new species of Aeolid Opisthobranch Mollusc; a predator of the Scleractinian coral Porites. <em>Zoological Joumal of the Linnean Society.</em> 65: 339-350 with 6 figures., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1979.tb01099.x [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Phestilla poritophages (Rudman, 1979). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1037028 on 2026-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cuthona poritophages Rudman, 1979) Rudman, W. B. (1979). The ecology and anatomy of a new species of Aeolid Opisthobranch Mollusc; a predator of the Scleractinian coral Porites. <em>Zoological Joumal of the Linnean Society.</em> 65: 339-350 with 6 figures., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1979.tb01099.x [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference 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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4324 (1): 1–22., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]new combination reference 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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4324 (1): 1–22., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
