Roboastra tigris
| Roboastra tigris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Nembrothinae |
| Genus: | Roboastra |
| Species: | R. tigris |
| Binomial name | |
| Roboastra tigris Farmer, 1978[1] | |
Roboastra tigris is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.[2]
Distribution
This species is found in the Gulf of California.
Description
Roboastra tigris can grow as large as 30 cm in length. Like other nudibranchs in the genus Roboastra, it is carnivorous and predatory, feeding on other sea slugs.
References
- ↑ Farmer, W.M. (1978). "Tambja and Roboastra (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from the Gulf of California and the Galapagos Islands." The Veliger 20: 375-385.
- ↑ Seaslug forum factsheet
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