Roboastra

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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| taxon = Roboastra

| authority = Bergh, 1877Bergh R. (1877) In: Semper. Reis. Arch. Philipp. 2, Bd. 2, Heft 11: 450.

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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.

Species

Species in the genus Roboastra include:MolluscaBase (2018). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138045 Roboastra Bergh, 1877.] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.

  • Roboastra arika Burn, 1967
  • Roboastra gracilis (Bergh, 1877)
  • Roboastra rubropapulosa (Bergh, 1905)
  • Roboastra tentaculata (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005)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. [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2008/00000083/00000002/art00007 abstract and pdf] (subscription)

Species transferred to other genera:

References

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Category:Polyceridae