Home Acknowledgments Conventions Glossary Maps References Links Articles Thumbnails Species list Family Next species _______________   Additional Photos   young, pale, 4 mm   young, 4.9 mm   feeding   egg mass _______________   GALLERY	Kaloplocamus ramosus (Cantraine, 1835)   Maximum size:  about 18 mm. Identification:  This is a cream to burnt-orange animal flecked with white. A series of processes running around the notum have clusters of fine branches at their tips, sometimes decorated with darker orange. Natural history:  Kaloplocamus ramosus is a moderately rare nocturnal species found in moderately to highly exposed rocky habitats and Halimeda kanaloana beds at depths of 4-12 m (13-39 ft). Scott Johnson reports it apparently feeding on a branching bryozoan. It lays an orange, spiral egg mass that hatches in about five days in the laboratory. Distribution:  Big Island, Maui, Oahu, Midway and Kure: widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific; introduced into the Mediterranean. Taxonomic notes:  First recorded in Hawaii at Pupukea, Oahu by Scott Johnson on May 29, 1978. Photo:  CP: 17 mm: Black Rock, Maui; Aug. 5, 2001. Observations and comments: Note 1:  ( )
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