Genus Rostanga Bergh, 1879

Rostanga Bergh, 1879: 353-354. Type species: Doris coccinea Forbes in Alder & Hancock, 1848 [= Rostanga rubra (Risso, 1818)], by original designation.

Boreodoris Odhner, 1939: 31-33. Type species: Boreodoris setidens Odhner, 1939 [= Rostanga setidens (Odhner, 1939)], by monotypy.

Rhabdochila P. Fischer, 1880-1887 [1883]: 521. Type species Doris coccinea Forbes in Alder & Hancock, 1848 [= Rostanga rubra (Risso, 1818)], by subsequent designation by Iredale and O’Donoghue (1923).

Remarks.

For an in-depth discussion of the characteristics of the genus Rostanga and its synonyms see Rudman and Avern (1989) and Valdés and Gosliner (2001).