Tyrannodoris leonis
| Tyrannodoris leonis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Tyrannodoris |
| Species: | T. leonis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tyrannodoris leonis (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005)
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Tyrannodoris leonis is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]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
[edit]Tyrannodoris leonis reaches approximately 30 mm in length. Like other nudibranchs in the genus Tyrannodoris, it is carnivorous, feeding on other seaslugs.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (July 21) Roboastra leonis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Jul 26). Comment on Roboastra leonis - Feeding behaviour by Alicia Hermosillo. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.