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Species: | T. caboverdensis |
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Tyrannodoris caboverdensis (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003) | |
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Tyrannodoris caboverdensis is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, and a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]
Distribution
This species was discovered in the Cape Verde Islands.[1]
Description
Tyrannodoris caboverdensis is a predominantly black animal with horizontal orange lines. It reaches approximately 70 mm in length. Like other nudibranchs in the genus Tyrannodoris, it is carnivorous, feeding on other seaslugs.[3]
References
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Tyrannodoris caboverdensis (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
- ↑ Deter Wirtz, 2018. Tyrannodoris caboverdensis, Tarrafla, santiago, Cape Verde. Medslugs.de, accessed 2018-08-20.
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