MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Rostanga Bergh, 1879

ERMS taxon details

Rostanga Bergh, 1879

AphiaID

138461 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138461)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Doris coccinea Forbes, 1848 accepted as Rostanga rubra (Risso, 1818) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Discodorididae Bergh, 1891

Original name

Rostanga Bergh, 1879

Synonymised names

Boreodoris Odhner, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Rostanga anthelia Perrone, 1991
Species Rostanga rubra (Risso, 1818)
Species Rostanga setidens (Odhner, 1939)
Species Rostanga perspicillata Bergh, 1881 accepted as Rostanga rubra (Risso, 1818) (synonym)
Species Rostanga rosi (Ortea, 1979) accepted as Gargamella rosi (Ortea, 1979) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Rostanga rufescens Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 accepted as Rostanga rubra (Risso, 1818) (synonym)
Species Rostanga temarana Pruvot-Fol, 1953 accepted as Rostanga rubra (Risso, 1818) (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Bergh, L. S. R. (1879). Gattungen nordische Doriden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 45(1): 340-369, pl. 19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6408299
page(s): 353 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rostanga Bergh, 1879. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138461 on 2026-05-04

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Rostanga Bergh, 1879. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138461 on 2026-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-10-16 15:09:18Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-08-26 17:24:54Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-02-08 21:07:03Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description Bergh, L. S. R. (1879). Gattungen nordische Doriden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 45(1): 340-369, pl. 19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6408299
page(s): 353 [details]

original description (of Boreodoris Odhner, 1939) Odhner, N. (1939). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from the western and northern coasts of Norway. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers-Selskabs Skrifter. 1: 1-93.
page(s): 27, 31 [details]

basis of record Valdés, Á.; Gosliner, T. M. (2001). Systematics and phylogeny of the caryophyllidia-bearing dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia), with the description of a new genus and four new species from Indo-Pacific deep waters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 133 (2): 103-198., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb00689.x [details]

additional source Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136: 535-636., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00039.x [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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Rostanga rubra (Risso, 1818)

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