Plocamopherus pilatectus
| Plocamopherus pilatectus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Triophinae |
| Genus: | Plocamopherus |
| Species: | P. pilatectus |
| Binomial name | |
| Plocamopherus pilatectus Hamann & Farmer, 1988 | |
Plocamopherus pilatectus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.
Distribution
This species was described from the Grenadines. It has subsequently been reported from nearby islands in the Caribbean Sea.
References
Hamann, J. C. and W. M. Farmer. 1988. Two new species of Plocamopherus from the western warm water Atlantic. The Veliger, 31 68-74.
External links
http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?nameid=8706 Malacolog Version 4.1.1 A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
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