Kaloplocamus

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Kaloplocamus
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tasselled nudibranch Kaloplocamus ramosus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Subfamily: Triophinae
Genus: Kaloplocamus
Bergh, 1893
Synonyms [1]
  • EuplocamusPhilippi, 1836(Invalid: junior homonym of Euplocamus Latreille, 1809 [Lepidoptera]; Kaloplocamus is a replacement name)
  • HeteroplocamusW. R. B. Oliver, 1915

Kaloplocamus is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae. [1] [2]

Contents

It contains bioluminescent species. [3]

Species

Species in the genus Kaloplocamus include: [1]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 3 MolluscaBase (2018). Kaloplocamus Bergh, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-11.
  2. ↑ Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  3. ↑ Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID   3503524.
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