Tyrannodoris leonis

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

Tyrannodoris leonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Polyceroidea
Family:	Polyceridae
Genus:	Tyrannodoris
Species:	T. leonis
Binomial name
Tyrannodoris leonis (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005)
Synonyms
Roboastra leonis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005[1]

Distribution

This species was described from the Galapagos Islands. It is also found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, from Costa Rica to the Gulf of California.

Description

Tyrannodoris leonis reaches approximately 30 mm in length. Like other nudibranchs in the genus Tyrannodoris, it is carnivorous, feeding on other seaslugs.^[3]