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Description
Kaloplocamus (Bergh) is an accepted genus of dorid nudibranchs in the family Polyceridae. Its type species, Kaloplocamus ramosus, was described from the Mediterranean and is also reported from South Africa, Japan, Australia and elsewhere, at depths of 25-400 m; it has been found feeding on encrusting bryozoan colonies. According to Wikipedia, some species in the genus are bioluminescent.
Identification
K. ramosus is pale with a pinkish-red tinge and raised white spots, with a row of large papillae around the mantle edge and many branched projections on the back that can be extended or retracted, large pinkish perfoliate rhinophores and gills spotted with red. It reaches up to about 10 cm.
Species in this genus (1)
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