Tyrannodoris nikolasi

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Tyrannodoris nikolasi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Tyrannodoris
Species:
T. nikolasi
Binomial name
Tyrannodoris nikolasi
(Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014)
Synonyms
  • Roboastra nikolasiPola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014 [1]

Tyrannodoris nikolasi 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 Vanuatu and Malaysia. [1]

Description

Tyrannodoris nikolasi is a predominantly dark green animal with light green to yellow horizontal stripes or more continuous superficial pigment. The gills and rhinophores are dark blue or violet. It reaches approximately 15 mm in length. Like other nudibranchs in the genus Tyrannodoris , it is carnivorous, feeding on other seaslugs. [3]

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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 nikolasi (Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
  3. Anderson, J., 2017. Tyrannodoris nikolasi, Maldives. Nudibranch.org, accessed on 2018-08-20.