Ceratosoma gracillimum
| Ceratosoma gracillimum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Ceratosoma |
| Species: | C. gracillimum |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceratosoma gracillimum | |
Ceratosoma gracillimum is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Description
It differs from Ceratosoma trilobatum by having no strong, consistent mantle ridge between the head and the lateral lobes.
Distribution
This species was described from Bohol, Philippines. It is known from Indonesia, Vietnam and the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Bergh, L.S.R. (1876). Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Semper C, ed. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. theil 2, heft 9. Wiesbaden: Kreidel, 377–427, plates 49-53. page 403, taf. XXV
- ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Ceratosoma gracillimum Semper in Bergh, 1876. Accessed on 2019-01-30.
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (September 17) Ceratosoma gracillimum Semper in Bergh, 1876. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273.