Tyrannodoris ernsti

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Tyrannodoris ernsti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Tyrannodoris
Species:
T. ernsti
Binomial name
Tyrannodoris ernsti
(Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014)
Synonyms
  • Roboastra ernstiPola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014 [1]

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

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Distribution

This species was described from south-eastern to southern Brazil. [1]

Description

Tyrannodoris ernsti is a predominantly dark green animal with yellow horizontal lines. The greyish gills and rhinophores are edged with dark blue. It reaches approximately 80 mm in length. Like other nudibranchs in the genus Tyrannodoris , it is carnivorous, feeding on other seaslugs. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Pola, M.; Padula, V.; Gosliner, T. M.; Cervera, J. L. (2014). Going further on an intricate and challenging group of nudibranchs: description of five novel species and a more complete molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Nembrothinae (Polyceridae). Cladistics. 1-28.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Tyrannodoris ernsti (Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
  3. ↑ Krause, M., 2018. Tyrannodoris ernsti, Florianopolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Medslugs.de, accessed 2018-08-21.
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