Sacoproteus
| Sacoproteus | |
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| Sacoproteus yhiae, collected at Bunurong Marine National Park, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Limapontiidae |
| Genus: | Sacoproteus Krug et al. 2018[1] |
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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 () 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]
Species[]
The species of the genus were found to closely mimic the appearance of different types of toxic algae that they feed on.[1]
- (previously classified as Stiliger smaragdinus): mimics Caulerpa racemosa and
- Sacoproteus nishae: mimics Caulerpa chemnitzia
- : mimics Caulerpa cactoides and
- : probably as S. yhiae
- : not mimetic
References[]
- ^ a b c Krug, P. J.; Wong, N. L. W.; Medina, M. R.; Gosliner, T. M.; Valdés, Á. A. (2018). "Cryptic speciation yields remarkable mimics: A new genus of sea slugs that masquerade as toxic algae (Caulerpa spp.)". Zoologica Scripta. 47 (6): 699–713. doi:10.1111/zsc.12310.
- ^ "Stunning new sea slug species look just like seaweed". 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
Categories:
- Limapontiidae
- Mimicry