Roboastra
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| Roboastra luteolineata in Komodo, Indonesia. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Nembrothinae |
| Genus: | Roboastra Bergh, 1877[1] |
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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.[2]
Species
Species in the genus Roboastra include:[3]
- Roboastra caboverdensis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003[4]
- Roboastra europaea García-Gómez, 1985
- Roboastra gracilis (Bergh, 1877)
- Roboastra leonis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005[5]
- Roboastra luteolineata (Baba, 1936)
- Roboastra ricei Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008[6]
- Roboastra tentaculata (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005)[6]
- Roboastra tigris Farmer, 1978[7]
Synonyms:
- Roboastra gratiosa (Bergh, 1890) is now known as Tambja gratiosa[8]
- Roboastra arika Burn, 1967 is a synonym for Roboastra gracilis (Bergh, 1877),[9] or a nomen dubium[5]
References
- ↑ Bergh R. (1877) In: Semper. Reis. Arch. Philipp. 2, Bd. 2, Heft 11: 450.
- ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/message/19296
- ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/search.cfm?searchstring=roboastra
- ↑ 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
- 1 2 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
- 1 2 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)
- ↑ Farmer, W.M. 1978. "Tambja and Roboastra (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from the Gulf of California and the Galapagos Islands." Veliger, 20: 375-385.
- ↑ Bergh, L. S. R. (1890) Report on the nudibranchs. Report on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-1878) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-1880), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lleut.-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. 19(3)(3), 155-181 Pls.1-3. [172-5, Pl.2 figs 1-5. Pl.3 figs 1-4]
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (July 17) Roboastra gracilis (Bergh, 1877). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/robograc
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