WoRMS name details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Bergh, L. S. R. (1905). Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. In: Weber M. (ed.) Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indiƫ 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e. kl. G.F. Tydeman. Siboga-Expeditie Monographie 50 (Livraison 25): 1-248, pls 1-20. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11650714 page(s): 232-233, pl. 20 fig. 4-12 [details]
Taxonomysource of synonymy
Rudman, W. B. (1981). Further studies on the anatomy and ecology of opisthobranch molluscs feeding on the scleractinian coral Porites. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 71: 373-412. note: synonymy with Phestilla lugubris rebutted by Faucci et al. (2007: 112) [details]
status source
Faucci, A.; Toonen, R. J.; Hadfield, M. G. (2007). Host shift and speciation in a coral-feeding nudibranch. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 274(1606): 111-119., available online at http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/274/1606/111 note: treated as valid species [details]
Other
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy This species was treated as a junior synonym of Phestilla lugubris (Bergh, 1870) by Rudman (1981) and this was endorsed by Cella et al. (2016) on the basis of very similar CO1 sequences. However Faucci et al. (2007) wrote "As Phestilla sibogae and P. lugubris have been synonymized without rationale (Rudman 1981), we treat them as two different species due to their differences in larval development and adult morphology." [details]
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