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Tyrannodoris caboverdensis

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Tyrannodoris caboverdensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Tyrannodoris
Species:
T. caboverdensis
Binomial name
Tyrannodoris caboverdensis
(Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003)
Synonyms
  • Roboastra caboverdensis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003[1]

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

Distribution

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This species was discovered in the Cape Verde Islands.[1]

Description

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Tyrannodoris caboverdensis is a predominantly black animal with horizontal orange lines. It reaches approximately 70 mm in length. Like other nudibranchs in the genus Tyrannodoris, it is carnivorous, feeding on other seaslugs.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Pola M., Cervera J.L. & Gosliner T.M. (2003). The genus Roboastra Bergh, 1877 (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae: Nembrothinae) in the Atlantic Ocean. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 54(22): 381-392.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Tyrannodoris caboverdensis (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
  3. ^ Deter Wirtz, 2018. Tyrannodoris caboverdensis, Tarrafla, santiago, Cape Verde. Medslugs.de, accessed 2018-08-20.