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Description
Kabeiro (Shipman & Gosliner, 2015) is an accepted genus of dendronotid nudibranchs in the family Dotidae. It includes three species (K. christianae, K. phasmida, K. rubroreticulata) described from the Philippines. K. rubroreticulata is found at 1-5 m on campanulariid hydroids growing on seagrass and reaches about 20 mm.
Identification
Features established in the genus description: elongate cerata, an enlarged pericardium, a reproductive system with a pocketed penial gland and an external tube-like digestive gland, all absent from short-bodied Doto species. In K. rubroreticulata the cerata are irregular, and the body and rhinophore sheaths bear a fine red reticulation.
Species in this genus (1)
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