Tyrannodoris europaea, is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.
| 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
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| Binomial name | |
| Tyrannodoris europaea (García-Gómez, 1985)[1]
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The size of this nudibranch's mitochondrial DNA is 14,472 bp,[2] which is one of the smallest among the Metazoa.[2]
Distribution
editThis 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.