Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Tyrannodoris leonis
Nudibranquio león, Sea slug
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Nudibranchia
Suborder
Euctenidiacea
Superfamily
Polyceroidea
Family
Polyceridae
Genus
Tyrannodoris
Species
leonis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Roboastra leonis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: (R. leonis) Widely distributed.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Pola, M. Cervera, J. L., & Gosliner, T. M. (2005) Review of the systematics of the genus Roboastra Bergh, 1877 (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae, Nembrothinae) with the description of a new species from the Galápagos Islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 144(2), 167–189. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00167.x
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"Galapagos Species Database, Tyrannodoris leonis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19766. Accessed 4 November 2026.