Phestilla
Phestilla is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae.
Its members are unusual in feeding on hard corals, unlike other members of the family Trinchesiidae which feed on hydroids. Adult Phestilla have no cnidosacs. This genus has been investigated using DNA phylogeny and undescribed species exist.
Species
Species within the genus Phestilla include:Phestilla chaetopterana Phestilla fuscostriata Hu, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2020Phestilla goniophaga Hu, Zhang, Yiu, Xie & Qui, 2020Phestilla lugubris Phestilla melanobrachia Bergh, 1874Phestilla minor Rudman, 1981Phestilla panamica Rudman, 1982Phestilla poritophages Phestilla sibogae Bergh, 1905Phestilla subodiosa A. Wang, Conti-Jerpe, J. L. Richards & D. M. Baker, 2020Phestilla viei Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich in Mehrotra, Arnold, Wang, Chavanich, Hoeksema & Caballer, 2020Species names currently considered to be synonyms:Phestilla hakunamatata Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003 synonym of Hermosita hakunamatata Phestilla subodiosus A. Wang, Conti-Jerpe, J. L. Richards & D. M. Baker, 2020 : synonym of Phestilla subodiosa A. Wang, Conti-Jerpe, J. L. Richards & D. M. Baker, 2020