Tyrannodoris europaea

Tyrannodoris europaea, is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.

Tyrannodoris europaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea

clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Polyceroidea
Family:
Polyceridae
Subfamily:
Nembrothinae
Genus:
Tyrannodoris
Species:
T. europaea
Binomial name
Tyrannodoris europaea
(García-Gómez, 1985)[1]
Synonyms
  • Roboastra europaea García-Gómez, 1985

The size of this nudibranch's mitochondrial DNA is 14,472 bp,[2] which is one of the smallest among the Metazoa.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent Atlantic Ocean including the Azores and Canary Islands.[3]

References
  1. Garcia-Gomez, J.C. (1985) A new species of Roboastra (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) from the Gibraltar Strait (southern Spain). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 51: 169-176.
  2. Grande, C.; Templado, J.; Cervera, J. L.; Zardoya, R. (2002). "The complete mitochondrial genome of the nudibranch Roboastra europaea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) supports the monophyly of opisthobranchs". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 19 (10): 1672–1685. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003990. PMID 12270894.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (February 11) Roboastra europaea García Gómez, 1985. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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