Tyrannodoris

<i>Tyrannodoris</i>

Tyrannodoris

Genus of gastropods

Tyrannodoris is a genus of sea slugs, polycerid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae. Most of these species were formerly considered to belong to the genus Roboastra. They are carnivorous, feeding on other species of nudibranch, especially similar looking species of Tambja.[2]

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Species

Species in the genus Tyrannodoris include:[3]

References

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    Willan R.C. & Chang Y.-W.. (2017). Description of three new species of Tambja (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae) from the western Pacific Ocean reveals morphological characters with taxonomic and phylogenetic significance for traditional Polyceridae and related 'phaneorobranch' nudibranchs. Basteria. 81(1-3): 1-23.
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    Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Jan 23). Comment on Roboastra luteolineata - Feeding behaviour! by Graham Abbott. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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    MolluscaBase (2018). Tyrannodoris Willan & Chang, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
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    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. PDF
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    Pola, M.., Cervera, J.L. & Gosliner, T.M. (2005) "Review of the systematics of the genus Roboastra Bergh, 1877 (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae, Nembrothinae) with the description of a new species from the Galápagos Islands." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 144(2): 167–189. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00167.x
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    Pola, M.; Cervera, J.L.; Gosliner, T.M. 2008: Description of the first Roboastra species (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae, Nembrothinae) from the western Atlantic. Bulletin of marine science, 83(2): 391-399. abstract and pdf (subscription)
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    Farmer, W.M. 1978. "Tambja and Roboastra (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from the Gulf of California and the Galapagos Islands." Veliger, 20: 375-385.
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