UNKNOWN OKINAWAN
OPISTHOBRANCH
Plocamopherus sp. 1 (36mm)
Unknown Okinawan Opisthobranch Data
Taxonomy:
- Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
- Suborder: Doridina
- Family: Polyceridae
Frequency on Okinawa:
Collection Data:
- Individual Collection No: RFB #2506-A
- Location: Seragaki (26° 30.4'N, 127° 52.6'E)
- Date: 25 March, 1991 [No other specimens]
- Depth: 5ft (1.5m) [No other specimens]
- Size: TL 36mm [No other specimens]
- Water temperature at collection depth: Unrecorded
- Specimen deposited: California Academy of Sciences
[brackets indicate range for all Okinawa-collected specimens of the species]
Species Account:
Plocamopherus sp. 1 is considered to be very rare on Okinawa as I have seen and collected but a single specimen. The animal was found on the underside of a large slab of coral rubble as it was overturned. There are currently (late-Oct., 2004) three described species of Plocamopherus found in Okinawan waters,
P. ceylonicus, P. imperialis and P. tilesii.
Page Date: 10 Mar '97
Page Modification Date: 25 Oct '04
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Copyright © 2004 Robert F. Bolland
