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Plocamopherus pilatectus

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Plocamopherus pilatectus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
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

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This species was described from the Grenadines. It has subsequently been reported from nearby islands in the Caribbean Sea.

References

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Hamann, J. C. and W. M. Farmer. 1988. Two new species of Plocamopherus from the western warm water Atlantic. The Veliger, 31 68-74.

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