Roboastra

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title: "Roboastra" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["polyceridae"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/polyceridae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roboastra" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Roboastra_gracilis.jpg | image_caption = Roboastra_gracilis | taxon = Roboastra | authority = Bergh, 1877 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =

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:

• Roboastra arika Burn, 1967
• Roboastra gracilis (Bergh, 1877)
• Roboastra rubropapulosa (Bergh, 1905)
• Roboastra tentaculata (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005)

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)

References

References

1. [[Rudolph Bergh. Bergh R.]] (1877) In: Semper. ''Reis. Arch. Philipp.'' '''2''', Bd. 2, Heft 11: 450.
2. 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.
3. 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)

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