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Plocamopherus
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Plocamopherus

Plocamopherus is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae, subfamily Triophinae. A unique character of Plocamopherus species is a globular bioluminescent organ at the tip of the pair of appendages which are placed just behind the gills. Many species are known to be nocturnal and several are from deep water. They feed on bryozoans.

It contains bioluminescent species.

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15 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Plocamopherus imperialis

speciesPlocamopherus imperialis

Hairy leopard nudibranch

speciesPlocamopherus ceylonicus

Plocamopherus pecoso

speciesPlocamopherus pecoso

Tile's Sea Slug

speciesPlocamopherus tilesii

Plocamopherus maderae

speciesPlocamopherus maderae

Plocamopherus maculapodium

speciesPlocamopherus maculapodium

Lucayan Plocamopherus

speciesPlocamopherus lucayensis

Plocamopherus maculatus

speciesPlocamopherus maculatus

Plocamopherus ocellatus

speciesPlocamopherus ocellatus

Plocamopherus margaretae

speciesPlocamopherus margaretae

Plocamopherus lemur

speciesPlocamopherus lemur

Plocamopherus indicus

speciesPlocamopherus indicus

Plocamopherus pilatectus

speciesPlocamopherus pilatectus

Plocamopherus fulgurans

speciesPlocamopherus fulgurans

Plocamopherus amboinensis

speciesPlocamopherus amboinensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54447.