''Tyrannodoris'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some Marine biology, marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial Slug, slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are Sea snail, sea snails (marine gastropod moll ...

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nudibranch Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs, belonging to the order Nudibranchia, that shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have b ...

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

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Polyceridae The Polyceridae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Polyceroidea. Taxonomy The family Polyceridae is classified within the clade Doridacea, itself belonging to the clade Eu ...

. Most of these species were formerly considered to belong to the genus '' Roboastra''. They are carnivorous, feeding on other species of nudibranch, especially similar looking species of '' Tambja''.

Species

Species in the genus ''Tyrannodoris'' include: * ''

Tyrannodoris caboverdensis ''Tyrannodoris caboverdensis'' is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, and a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae. Distribution This species was discovered in the Cape Verde Islands Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, off ...

'' (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003)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
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/ref> * '' Tyrannodoris ernsti'' (Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014) * '' Tyrannodoris europaea'' (García-Gómez, 1985) * '' Tyrannodoris leonis'' (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005)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 The ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering zoology published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Linnean Society. The editor-in-chief is Maarten Christenhusz (Linnean Society) ...

'', 144(2): 167–189. * '' Tyrannodoris luteolineata'' ( Baba, 1936) * '' Tyrannodoris nikolasi'' (Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014) * '' Tyrannodoris ricei'' (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008)Pola, M.; Cervera, J.L.; Gosliner, T.M. 2008: Description of the first ''Roboastra'' species (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae, Nembrothinae) from the western Atlantic. ''Bulletin of marine science'', 83(2): 391-399
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(subscription) * '' Tyrannodoris tigris'' (Farmer, 1978)Farmer, W.M. 1978. "''Tambja'' and ''Roboastra'' (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from the Gulf of California and the Galapagos Islands." ''Veliger'', 20: 375-385.

References

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