| Tyrannodoris europaea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Tyrannodoris |
| Species: | T. europaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Tyrannodoris europaea (García-Gómez, 1985) | |
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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, which is one of the smallest among the Metazoa.
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.
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.
- ^ 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. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Roboastra europaea | |