Tiger Dorid

Tyrannodoris tigris

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 5–70 m
• Max size: 30 cm
• For divers: safe

This sea slug eats only other nudibranchs, hunting down the blue and gold Tambja species it preys on. It grows to about 30 centimetres and roams reefs and walls down to roughly 5 metres, a large and active predator among its kind.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Doridida › Polyceridae › Tyrannodoris

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 1036134.