Are Phestilla sibogae & Cuthona sibogae different?

August 17, 2005
From: Xikun Song

What are the differences between Phestilla sibogae and Cuthona sibogae? Are they the same species?
Thanks!
Xikun Song

xksong@yanan.xmu.eud.cn

Song, X.K., 2005 (Aug 17) Are Phestilla sibogae & Cuthona sibogae different?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14133

Dear Song,
Phestilla sibogae is a synonym for the coral-eating species Phestilla lugubris while as you will see on the Forum Cuthona sibogae is a brightly coloured hydroid feeder. Bergh named quite a few nudibranchs 'sibogae' after the Siboga Expedition, a Dutch scientific voyage of discovery mainly to Indonesia at the end of the 1800s and beginning of the 1900s. There is a short informative account at http://www.science.uva.nl/library/MaxWeber/Siboga.htm

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Aug 17). Comment on Are Phestilla sibogae & Cuthona sibogae different? by Xikun Song. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14133

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