Plocamopherus maculatus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Plocamopherus |
| Species: | P. maculatus
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| Plocamopherus maculatus | |
Distribution
editThis species was described from Hawaii[1] where it is a moderately common nocturnal animal.[2] It has also been reported from the Solomon Islands,[3] the Marshall Islands[3] and South Africa.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Pease, W.H., 1860. Descriptions of new species of mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Part 1. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 18-36.
- ^ Sea slugs of Hawaii, Cory Pittman and Pauline Fiene http://seaslugsofhawaii.com/species/Plocamopherus-maculatus-a.html
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2003 (November 12) Plocamopherus maculatus (Pease, 1860). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/plocmacu
- ^ Gosliner, Terrence. Nudibranchs of southern Africa: A guide to Opisthobranch molluscs of southern Africa Sea Challengers, Monterey, 1987. ISBN 0-930118-13-8
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