---
title: "Red Sponge Dorid"
description: "Rostanga pulchra — Altri animali. Rostanga pulchra is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/red-sponge-dorid
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red Sponge Dorid

> Rostanga pulchra — Altri animali. Rostanga pulchra is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.

- Scientific name: *Rostanga pulchra*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 8578
- Wikidata: [Q3198401](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3198401)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47473](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47473)

## Names

- en: Red Sponge Dorid
- es: Rostanga roja

## Countries with the most observations

US (6910), CA (1328), CL (9), MX (9)

## Summary

Rostanga pulchra is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostanga_pulchra

## Photo

![Red Sponge Dorid](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-sponge-dorid/medium.jpg)

Photo: Amanda Whitmire · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199400579

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-sponge-dorid?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).