Tyrannodoris europaea

Tyrannodoris europaea, is a species of sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.

Tyrannodoris europaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Polyceroidea
Family:	Polyceridae
Genus:	Tyrannodoris
Species:	T. europaea
Binomial name
Tyrannodoris europaea (García-Gómez, 1985)[1]
Synonyms
Roboastra europaea García-Gómez, 1985

The size of this nudibranch's mitochondrial DNA is 14,472 bp,^[2] which is one of the smallest among the Metazoa.^[2]

Distribution

This species was described from the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent Atlantic Ocean including the Azores and Canary Islands.^[3]