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). 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. 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)
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