Kaloplocamus
Kaloplocamus is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae.[1][2]
| Kaloplocamus | |
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| tasselled nudibranch Kaloplocamus ramosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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It contains bioluminescent species.[3]
Species
Species in the genus Kaloplocamus include:[1]
- Kaloplocamus acutus Baba, 1949
- Kaloplocamus dokte Vallès & Gosliner, 2006
- Kaloplocamus gulo (Marcus, 1979)
- Kaloplocamus maculatus (Bergh, 1898)
- Kaloplocamus maru Vallès & Gosliner, 2006
- Kaloplocamus pacificus (Bergh, 1884)
- Kaloplocamus peludo Vallès & Gosliner, 2006
- Kaloplocamus ramosus (Cantraine, 1835)
- Kaloplocamus yatesi (Angas, 1864)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Kaloplocamus atlanticus (Bergh, 1892): synonym of Kaloplocamus ramosus (Cantraine, 1835)
- Kaloplocamus aureus Odhner, 1932: synonym of Kaloplocamus ramosus (Cantraine, 1835)
- Kaloplocamus filosus Cattaneo-Vietti & Sordi, 1988: synonym of Kaloplocamus ramosus (Cantraine, 1835)
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Kaloplocamus Bergh, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-11.
- 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
- 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.
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
External links
- Philippi R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. Schropp, Berlin
- Bergh, L. S. R. (1880). Beitrage zu einer Monographie der Polyceraden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 29: 599-652, pl. 9-14
- Oliver W.R.B. (1915) The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47, 509–568, pls. 9–12.
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