Roboastra rubropapulosa

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Roboastra rubropapulosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Roboastra
Species:
R. rubropapulosa
Binomial name
Roboastra rubropapulosa
(Bergh, 1905) [1]
Synonyms
  • Nembrotha rubropapulosaBergh, 1905

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

Distribution

This species was described from Pulu Pasi Tanette, Sulawesi, Indonesia, 5°45′22″S120°29′21″E / 5.756238°S 120.489166°E / -5.756238; 120.489166 .

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References

  1. Bergh, L.S.R., 1905. Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. Siboga-Expeditie. 50: 1-248, pls 1-20, page 198, pl. 5 fig. 14, pl. 18 figs 19-22
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Roboastra rubropapulosa (Bergh, 1905). Accessed on 2021-01-25.