Ceratosoma gracillimum
Ceratosoma gracillimum is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Ceratosoma gracillimum | |
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Ceratasoma gracillimum in Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Ceratosoma |
Species: | C. gracillimum |
Binomial name | |
Ceratosoma gracillimum | |
Distribution
This species was described from Bohol, Philippines. It is known from Indonesia, Vietnam and the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.[3][4]
Description
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.
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