Roboastra tentaculata

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Roboastra tentaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Roboastra
Species:
R. tentaculata
Binomial name
Roboastra tentaculata
(Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tambja tentaculata Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005

Roboastra tentaculata is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]

This species was described from Guam.[1]

Etymology

Tentaculata is used to describe Roboastra tentaculata due to the presence of oral tentacles.[3] Oral tentacles allow sea slugs to move and obtain information from the environment.[4]

Phylogeny

Morphology

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