Kaloplocamus gulo
Kaloplocamus gulo is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea |
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| Species: | K. gulo |
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| Kaloplocamus gulo (Ev. Marcus, 1979)[1] | |
Distribution
This species was described from a depth of 100 metres off São Paulo, Brazil[1] as a species of Plocamopherus. It was transferred to the genus Kaloplocamus in 1988 as it lacks the club-like extra-branchial appendages characteristic of Plocamopherus species.[2]
References
- Marcus, E. d. B.-R. 1979. Campagne de la Calypso au large des côtes atlantiques de l'Amérique du Sud (1961-1962). 31. Mollusca Opisthobranchia. Résultats Scientifiques des Campagnes de la Calypso 11: 131-137.
- Hamann, J. C. and W. M. Farmer. 1988. Two new species of Plocamopherus from the western warm water Atlantic. Veliger 31: 68-74.
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