''Tyrannodoris'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary ...

s, polycerid

nudibranch Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have been given colourful nicknames to mat ...

s, marine gastropod molluscs in the family

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 clad ...

. 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'' (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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Tyrannodoris ernsti ''Tyrannodoris ernsti'' is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae. Distribution This species was described from south-eastern to southern Brazil. Description ''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 ''Tyrannodoris nikolasi'' is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae. Distribution This species was described from Vanuatu and Malaysia. Description ''Tyrannodoris nikolasi'' is a p ...

'' (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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