Roboastra leonis
| Roboastra leonis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Nembrothinae |
| Genus: | Roboastra |
| Species: | R. leonis |
| Binomial name | |
| Roboastra leonis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005[1] | |
Roboastra leonis is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]
Distribution
This species is found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, from the Gulf of California to the Galapagos Islands.
Description
Roboastra leonis reaches approximately 30 mm in length. Like other nudibranchs in the genus Roboastra, it is carnivorous, feeding on other seaslugs.
References
- ↑ 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,144, 167–189. With 12 figures
- ↑ Seaslug forum factsheet
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