Plocamopherus pilatectus

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

Plocamopherus pilatectus
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P. pilatectus
Binomial name
Plocamopherus pilatectus
Hamann & Farmer, 1988

Distribution

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

References

    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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