Biology:Tyrannodoris europaea
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Tyrannodoris europaea | |
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| Phylum: | Mollusca
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea |
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| Subfamily: | Nembrothinae
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| Species: | T. europaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Tyrannodoris europaea (García-Gómez, 1985)[1]
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Tyrannodoris europaea, is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (February 11) Roboastra europaea García Gómez, 1985. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Wikidata ☰ Q7353265 entry
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