Tyrannodoris europaea García-Gómez, 1985
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Ringipleura | |
Superorder | Nudipleura | |
Order | Nudibranchia | |
Suborder | Doridina | |
Infraorder | Doridoidei | |
Superfamily | Polyceroidea | |
Family | Polyceridae | |
Subfamily | Nembrothinae | |
Genus | Tyrannodoris | |
Species | Tyrannodoris europaea (García-Gómez, 1985) | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 1036127). | ||
Synonyms
- Roboastra europaea
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Europaea. From Europe.
Distribution
| Sources: | |
 : OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG |  : OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions |
References for the species: Tyrannodoris europaea
- Portugal: García-Gómez et al. (1991), Pola, Cervera and Gosliner (2003, in press), Wirtz and Debelius (2003), Calado et al. (2003).
Andalucía (Atl.): Megina and Cervera (2003).
Gibraltar: García-Gómez (1985), Megina and Cervera (2003).
Andalucía (Med.): Moreno and Templado (1998), Schick (1998), Sánchez Tocino, Ocaña and García (2000a), Ocaña et al. (2000), Pola, Cervera and Gosliner (2003, in press), Wirtz and Debelius (2003).
Catalunya: Pola, Cervera and Gosliner (in press).
Madeira: Pola, Cervera and Gosliner (in press).
Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.
Abundance
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Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2021) "Tyrannodoris europaea" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 04/10/2013. Accessed: 19/01/2021. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/txwbI)
