Tibiriçá, Yara;Pola, Marta;Cervera, Juan Lucas
Roboastra
Sign in to saveRoboastra is a genus of sea slugs, polycerid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae. They are carnivorous, feeding on other species of nudibranch.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNudibranchia
- FamilyPolyceridae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 26
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Polyceridae
- Collections
- LACM, CAS, WAM, AM, UF, MAGNT
- Recorded in
- United States, Papua New Guinea, Madagascar, Cape Verde Islands, Australia, Indonesia, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Japan
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- Parent taxon
- Polyceridae
- Image
- Roboastra gracilis.jpg
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- Roboastra
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- Roboastra
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- genus
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Roboastra is a genus of sea slugs, polycerid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae. They are carnivorous, feeding on other species of nudibranch.
== Species == Species in the genus Roboastra include: Roboastra arika Burn, 1967 Roboastra gracilis (Bergh, 1877) Roboastra rubropapulosa (Bergh, 1905) Roboastra tentaculata (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005)
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