Sacoproteus | |
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Sacoproteus yhiae, collected at Bunurong Marine National Park, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Family: | Limapontiidae |
Genus: |
Sacoproteus Krug et al. 2018 [1] |
Species | |
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Sacoproteus is a genus of sea slugs in the Limapontiidae family, described in 2018. It contains five species, of which four were newly described when the genus was erected, and one ( Sacoproteus smaragdinus) was reassigned from its previous classification of Stiliger smaragdinus as the type species of the new genus. Most of the species are mimetic of toxic "sea-grape" algae in the genus Caulerpa. [1] [2]
The species of the genus were found to closely mimic the appearance of different types of toxic algae that they feed on. [1]
Sacoproteus | |
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Sacoproteus yhiae, collected at Bunurong Marine National Park, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Family: | Limapontiidae |
Genus: |
Sacoproteus Krug et al. 2018 [1] |
Species | |
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Sacoproteus is a genus of sea slugs in the Limapontiidae family, described in 2018. It contains five species, of which four were newly described when the genus was erected, and one ( Sacoproteus smaragdinus) was reassigned from its previous classification of Stiliger smaragdinus as the type species of the new genus. Most of the species are mimetic of toxic "sea-grape" algae in the genus Caulerpa. [1] [2]
The species of the genus were found to closely mimic the appearance of different types of toxic algae that they feed on. [1]