Roboastra
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| 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:
- Roboastra caboverdensis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003 synonym of Tyrannodoris caboverdensis (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003)
- Roboastra ernsti Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014 synonym of Tyrannodoris ernsti (Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014)
- Roboastra europaea García-Gómez, 1985 synonym of Tyrannodoris europaea (García-Gómez, 1985)
- Roboastra gratiosa (Bergh, 1890) synonym of Tambja gratiosa
- Roboastra leonis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005 synonym of Tyrannodoris leonis (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005)
- Roboastra luteolineata (Baba, 1936) synonym of Tyrannodoris luteolineata (Baba, 1936)
- Roboastra nikolasi Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014 synonym of Tyrannodoris nikolasi (Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014)
- Roboastra ricei Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008 synonym of Tyrannodoris ricei (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008)
- Roboastra tigris Farmer, 1978 synonym of Tyrannodoris tigris (Farmer, 1978)