Roboastra

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.

Roboastra
Roboastra_gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Subfamily: Nembrothinae
Genus: Roboastra
Bergh, 1877[1]
Species
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Species

Species in the genus Roboastra include:[2]

Species transferred to other genera:

  • Roboastra caboverdensis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003 synomym of Tyrannodoris caboverdensis (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003)
  • Roboastra ernsti Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014 synomym of Tyrannodoris ernsti (Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014)
  • Roboastra europaea García-Gómez, 1985 synomym of Tyrannodoris europaea (García-Gómez, 1985)
  • Roboastra gratiosa (Bergh, 1890) synomym of Tambja gratiosa
  • Roboastra leonis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005 synomym of Tyrannodoris leonis (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005)
  • Roboastra luteolineata (Baba, 1936) synomym of Tyrannodoris luteolineata (Baba, 1936)
  • Roboastra nikolasi Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014 synomym of Tyrannodoris nikolasi (Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014)
  • Roboastra ricei Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008 synomym of Tyrannodoris ricei (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008)
  • Roboastra tigris Farmer, 1978 synomym of Tyrannodoris tigris (Farmer, 1978)

References

  1. Bergh R. (1877) In: Semper. Reis. Arch. Philipp. 2, Bd. 2, Heft 11: 450.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Roboastra Bergh, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
  3. 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. abstract and pdf (subscription)
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