CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	24 424006 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Kaloplocamus ramosus (Cantraine, 1835)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family:	24 424 Polyceridae (nudibranchs) - show full list
Common Name:	[a nudibranch]
Organism Type:	a nudibranch
Synonyms:	Kaloplocamus yatesi
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	24 424903 Kaloplocamus spp.

Taxon Notes:

This species is native to the Mediterranean Sea, and was probably accidentally introduced to other areas by shipping.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ea828887-6f28-4446-a7af-5e99e5035492 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141710 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Beechey, D.L., Willan, R.C., 2007. Establishment of the East Asian Dove Snail Mitrella bicincta (Gould, 1860) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Columbellidae) in Australia., Molluscan Research, Vol. 27(2): 51-59.
Scientific Name verified against:	Vallès, Y., Gosliner, T.M., 2006. Shedding light onto the genera (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) Kaloplocamus and Plocamopherus with description of new species belonging to these unique bioluminescent dorids., Veliger, Vol. 48(3): 178-205.

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