Roboastra gracilis

Roboastra gracilis
Roboastra gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Subfamily: Nembrothinae
Genus: Roboastra
Species: R. gracilis
Binomial name
Roboastra gracilis
(Bergh, 1877)[1]

Roboastra gracilis is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]

Distribution

This sea slug is found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean.

Description

Robastra gracilis is a relatively small nudibranch reaching only 20–25 mm (2-2.5 cm) in length.

References

  1. Bergh L. S. R. (1877). Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Semper C. G. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Heft 11: 429-494, Pls. 54-57.
  2. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278

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