Tyrannodoris leonis

Tyrannodoris leonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Subfamily: Nembrothinae
Genus: Tyrannodoris
Species: T. leonis
Binomial name
Tyrannodoris leonis
(Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005)
Synonyms
  • Roboastra leonis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005[1]

Tyrannodoris leonis is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from the Galapagos Islands. It is also found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, from Costa Rica to the Gulf of California.

Description

Tyrannodoris leonis reaches approximately 30 mm in length. Like other nudibranchs in the genus Tyrannodoris, it is carnivorous, feeding on other seaslugs.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Pola, M.., Cervera, J.L. & Gosliner, T.M. (2005) "Review of the systematics of the genus Roboastra Bergh, 1877 (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae, Nembrothinae) with the description of a new species from the Galápagos Islands." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society,144, 167–189. With 12 figures
  2. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (July 21) Roboastra leonis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Jul 26). Comment on Roboastra leonis - Feeding behaviour by Alicia Hermosillo. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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