Kaloplocamus dokte

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

Kaloplocamus dokte
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Polyceroidea
Family:
Polyceridae
Subfamily:
Triophinae
Genus:
Kaloplocamus
Species:
K. dokte
Binomial name
Kaloplocamus dokte
Vallès & Gosliner, 2006[1]

Description

When alive, this species appears to be ovoid in shape but upon a closer view, the posterior portion of the foot is elongated. Most of the animal is opaque white except for the posterior end of the foot and the eight velar appendages, which are highly transparent. The dorsal and central portions of the body are translucent and the digestive gland is visible. The three tripinnate branchial leaves, are a translucent red-carmine. The rhinophores are of the same color as the branchial leaves, but more translucent with white dots on the apex. The long, large, lateral appendages are totally opaque white except at the apex, where they ramify and become more cream in tone. There are four pairs of lateral appendages. They are smooth with ramifications in the apex only. Instead of being sharp and long these ramifications are rounded, almost globular and there are many of them resembling in shape to a bunch of grapes. These ramifications only occur on the exterior portion of the lateral appendage, with the interior portion being smooth over its entire length.[1]

Distribution

The type locality for this species is Barracuda Point, Madang, Papua New Guinea. In the original description it has also been reported from the Philippines and Indonesia.[1]

gollark: OC's crafting recipes are the epitome of evil.
gollark: I'm not sure either way is *better*, but I prefer CC's simplicity.
gollark: CC is also lacking Unicode support.
gollark: How do these people manage to... productively interact with *anyone*, then?
gollark: It's important that people are able to handle criticism of what they're doing or their ideas without interpreting it as criticism of them.

References
  1. Vallès, Yvonne; Gosliner, Terrence M. (2006). "Shedding Light onto the Genera (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) Kaloplocamus and Plocamopherus with Description of New Species Belonging to These Unique Bioluminescent Dorids". The Veliger. 48 (3): 185–186. Available on ResearchGate: (PDF).


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.