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Polycera Abei
''Polycera abei'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. Distribution This species of polycerid nudibranch was described from Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... Description The body of ''Polycera abei'' is translucent yellowish-white. The entire back and sides are covered with moderate sized black spots and fewer, slightly larger, orange spots. The oral veil has six tapering black-tipped papillae. References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q7226191 Polyceridae Gastropods described in 1960 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kikutaro Baba
was a Japanese malacologist. He was the leading researcher on sea slugs and bubble snails, opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in Japan. Biography * 1932–1941 Kyushu University * 1948–1949 Osaka Kyoiku University * 1976 – Order of the Rising Sun Kikutaro Baba was married to Sonoko Baba. He died of pneumonia in hospital in Japan on 30 November 2001.(January 2002) nudibranch NEWVol.4 No.04: 44/ref> Species Species described by Kikutaro Baba include: * '' Aglaja orientalis'' Baba, 1949 * '' Aldisa cooperi'' Robilliard & Baba, 1972 * ''Antonietta janthina'' Baba & Hamatani, 1977 * '' Aplysia kurodai'' Baba, 1937 * '' Aplysia sagamiana'' Baba, 1949 * '' Aplysiopsis minor'' (Baba, 1959) * '' Aplysiopsis nigra'' (Baba, 1949) * '' Aplysiopsis orientalis'' Baba, 1949 * '' Armina magna'' Baba, 1955 * '' Bornella japonica'' Baba, 1949 * '' Cadlina japonica'' Baba, 1937 * '' Cadlina sagamiensis'' Baba, 1937 * '' Carminodoris bifurcata'' Baba, 1993 * '' Chelidonura fulvipunctata' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |