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Roboastra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Polyceroidea

Subfamily
  
Nembrothinae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Polyceridae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Roboastra luteolineata

Similar
  
Tambja, Roboastra luteolineata, Polyceridae, Roboastra gracilis, Nembrotha

Roboastra gracilis


Roboastra is a genus of sea slugs, polycerid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae. They are carnivorous, feeding on other species of nudibranch.

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Roboastra Opisthobranchia Nudibranch Polyceridae Roboastra lut Flickr

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Species

Species in the genus Roboastra include:

Roboastra Slender Roboastra Nudibranch Roboastra Gracilis Walking Underwater

  • Roboastra caboverdensis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003
  • Roboastra europaea García-Gómez, 1985
  • Roboastra gracilis (Bergh, 1877)
  • Roboastra leonis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005
  • Roboastra luteolineata (Baba, 1936)
  • Roboastra ricei Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008
  • Roboastra tentaculata (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005)
  • Roboastra tigris Farmer, 1978

    • Synonyms:

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  • Roboastra gratiosa (Bergh, 1890) is now known as Tambja gratiosa
  • Roboastra arika Burn, 1967 is a synonym for Roboastra gracilis (Bergh, 1877), or a nomen dubium

    • Roboastra The Sea Slug Forum Roboastra gracilis

    Roboastra Roboastra Wikipedia

    Roboastra Defense Mechanisms of Nudibranchs

    References

    Roboastra Wikipedia
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