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Roboastra europea

Garcia-Gomez, 1985


Zuishow Ito Roboastra gracilis /CEBU LLC Mactan Canon Power Shot G1X

Leanne Hunter Cert HE Amazing shot. Thanks for sharing. :) There is a wonderful book called Nudibranchs of the World by Debelius Kuiter that describes nudibranchs as the butterflies of the sea. :) Couldn't agree more. :)

Zuishow Ito another shot

Leanne Hunter Cert HE Wow. Where were these taken? :)

Zuishow Ito Philippine Cebu Mactan Is. Maribago Lapu-Lapu City offing Shanglila Hotel.

Zuishow Ito 2

Zuishow Ito 3

Nathalie Yonow beautiful photos - this beast is notoriously difficult.

Bedirnam Yilmaz MuhteÅŸem.. !

Sven Kahlbrock Nice Shots, congrats

Lucas CerCur Could someone tell me what's the prey of this species?

Zuishow Ito Type to eat mosses. Some kind to cannibalism.

Lucas CerCur Do you mean "Bryozoans"? Do you have some photo about this?

Lucas CerCur This information would be very relevant, if confirmed.

Zuishow Ito http://www.marlin.ac.uk/index.php http://www.medslugs.de/E/mssmain.htm http://www.seaslug.org.uk/nudibranchs/ http://www.seaslugforum.net/ http://slugsite.tierranet.com/index.html

Lucas CerCur Zuishow Ito, could you confirm that you have seen this species eating bryozonas? Not moving among bryozoas. This doesn't mean that eat on bryiozoas.

Zuishow Ito http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZWlcNvIEBo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTHXsOUySvw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT84PH7PETY

Leila CB So impressive!!

Lucas CerCur I know that Roboastra prey upon other polycerids and even, if they ahve the oppotunity, can shows a cannibalistic behaviour. I published one paper about this in referring to Roboastra europea. But, what it would be very important to know is just about the prey of Roboastra gracilis. The species of the video is not gracilis.

Patricia Oristanio V Lima Lindo!!!!!!!!

Message posted on NUDIBRANCH LOVERS on 12 Oct 2013
Encarni Sánchez Castillo ¿¿¿Roboastra europea??? ... o las ganas que tengo de ver una.

Manuel Martínez Chacón Sí, Roboastra europaea (no europea) en su versión azul con su branquia característica en mitad del cuerpo y no en la parte trasera. Enhorabuena.

Manuel Martínez Chacón Te pediré la foto para incluirla en mi presentación.

Encarni Sánchez Castillo Qué pena que no le hiciese buenas fotos. Dejé los nudis tranquilos por un día. Tenía ganas de pasear y ver lo precioso que estaba poniente.

João Pedro Silva Sem dúvida, R. europaea. Podem ser confundidas com Tambja ceutae e Tambja marbellensis. Entre as muitas diferenças, a mais evidente serão os tentáculos orais bem desenvolvidos em R. europaea. Em Portugal são relativamente comuns no Algarve mas já encontrei também em Tróia.

Encarni Sánchez Castillo http://www.ugr.es/~lstocino/pagina_nueva_26.htm

Manuel Martínez Chacón Disfrutar de los fondos marino también es importante.

Message posted on Nudibranquios on 03 Nov 2013
Taxonomy
Animalia (Kingdom)
  Mollusca (Phylum)
    Gastropoda (Class)
      Heterobranchia (Subclass)
        Opisthobranchia (Infraclass)
          Nudibranchia (Order)
            Euctenidiacea (Suborder)
              Doridacea (Infraorder)
                Polyceroidea (Superfamily)
                  Polyceridae (Family)
                    Nembrothinae (Subfamily)
                      Roboastra (Genus)
                        Roboastra europea (Species)
Associated Species