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Gosliner, Terrence M., David W. Behrens & Ángel Valdés. 2008. Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs. Sea Challengers Natural History Books. Gig Harbor, Washington. 426pp. "Red body color, speckled with minute white dots. The name derives from the few larger black spots on the sides of the animal at the base of the foot. Three pairs of short lateral appendages, with the last pair having a prominent, rounded globular structure that is white or pinkish in color." Bill Rudman writes in a comment at Sea-Slug Forum:"Unfortunately, Vallès & Gosliner do not include P. ceylonicus in their review of the genus so I can't comment on their reasons for proposing the new species P. maculapodium. Two other new species in their paper, P. lemur and P. pecoso would also appear to be colour forms of this orange spotted 'species'..." So Plocamopherus maculapodium is possibly a synonym of Plocamopherus ceylonicus. |
