Tyrannodoris caboverdensis is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, and a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Tyrannodoris |
| Species: | T. caboverdensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tyrannodoris caboverdensis (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003)
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Distribution
editThis species was discovered in the Cape Verde Islands.[1]
Description
editTyrannodoris caboverdensis is a predominantly black animal with horizontal orange lines. It reaches approximately 70 mm in length. Like other nudibranchs in the genus Tyrannodoris, it is carnivorous, feeding on other seaslugs.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Pola M., Cervera J.L. & Gosliner T.M. (2003). The genus Roboastra Bergh, 1877 (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae: Nembrothinae) in the Atlantic Ocean. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 54(22): 381-392.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Tyrannodoris caboverdensis (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
- ^ Deter Wirtz, 2018. Tyrannodoris caboverdensis, Tarrafla, santiago, Cape Verde. Medslugs.de, accessed 2018-08-20.