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Kaloplocamus gulo

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Kaloplocamus gulo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Kaloplocamus
Species:
K. gulo
Binomial name
Kaloplocamus gulo
(Ev. Marcus, 1979)[1]

Kaloplocamus gulo is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.

Distribution

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Hamann, J. C. and W. M. Farmer. 1988. Two new species of Plocamopherus from the western warm water Atlantic. Veliger 31: 68-74.