Biology:Tyrannodoris nikolasi
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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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. nikolasi
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| Tyrannodoris nikolasi (Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014)
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Tyrannodoris nikolasi is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]
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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Tyrannodoris nikolasi (Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
- ↑ Anderson, J., 2017. Tyrannodoris nikolasi, Maldives. Nudibranch.org, accessed on 2018-08-20.
Wikidata ☰ Q56279666 entry
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