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    Tyrannodoris caboverdensis

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    Tyrannodoris caboverdensis
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
    Order: Nudibranchia
    Superfamily: Polyceroidea
    Family: Polyceridae
    Genus: Tyrannodoris
    Species:
    T. caboverdensis
    Binomial name
    Tyrannodoris caboverdensis
    (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003)
    Synonyms
    • Roboastra caboverdensis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003[1]

    Tyrannodoris caboverdensis is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, and a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]

    Distribution

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    This species was discovered in the Cape Verde Islands.[1]

    Description

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    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

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    1. ^ a b 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.
    2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Tyrannodoris caboverdensis (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
    3. ^ Deter Wirtz, 2018. Tyrannodoris caboverdensis, Tarrafla, santiago, Cape Verde. Medslugs.de, accessed 2018-08-20.
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