Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater
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Sacoproteus thomasleei Krug, Wong, M. R. Medina, Gosliner & Valdés, 2018
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 sea-grape" algae in the genus Caulerpa.
Sacoproteus thomasleei is nearly transparent with greenish-brown branches of the digestive gland. The cerata are bottle-shaped with yellowish-brown spots on their surfaces and cream patches on their dorsal faces near the tips.
Sacoproteus thomasleei is a non‐mimetic west Pacific species.
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 sea-grape" algae in the genus Caulerpa.
Sacoproteus thomasleei is nearly transparent with greenish-brown branches of the digestive gland. The cerata are bottle-shaped with yellowish-brown spots on their surfaces and cream patches on their dorsal faces near the tips.
Sacoproteus thomasleei is a non‐mimetic west Pacific species.
