Plocamopherus maculatus

Plocamopherus maculatus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.

Plocamopherus maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea

clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Polyceroidea
Family:
Polyceridae
Subfamily:
Triophinae
Genus:
Plocamopherus
Species:
P. maculatus
Binomial name
Plocamopherus maculatus
(Pease, 1860)[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Hawaii[1] where it is a moderately common nocturnal animal.[2] It has also been reported from the Solomon Islands,[3] the Marshall Islands[3] and South Africa.[4]

References
  1. Pease, W.H., 1860. Descriptions of new species of mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Part 1. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 18-36.
  2. Sea slugs of Hawaii, Cory Pittman and Pauline Fiene http://seaslugsofhawaii.com/species/Plocamopherus-maculatus-a.html
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (November 12) Plocamopherus maculatus (Pease, 1860). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/plocmacu
  4. Gosliner, Terrence. Nudibranchs of southern Africa: A guide to Opisthobranch molluscs of southern Africa Sea Challengers, Monterey, 1987. ISBN 0-930118-13-8


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