Plocamopherus tilesii

Plocamopherus tilesii
The nudibranch Plocamopherus tilesii, Rinca, Indonesia.
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: Plocamopherus
Species: P. tilesii
Binomial name
Plocamopherus tilesii
Bergh, 1877 [1]

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean, from Japan south to Australia.[2]

References

  1. Bergh, L.S.R. (1877). Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: C.G. Semper, Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Heft 11: pp. 429-494, pls. 54-57.
  2. Rudman, W.B., 1998 (February 2) Plocamopherus tilesii Bergh, 1877. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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