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Ceratosoma

Poole, Karen E.

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Ceratosoma

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Ceratosoma is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.

Species

KINGDOM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassDiplopoda
  4. OrderChordeumatida
  5. FamilyCraspedosomatidae

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Specimen records
124
With media
64
Family
Chromodorididae
Collections
CAS
Recorded in
Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Japan, Vanuatu, South Africa

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Instance of
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Parent taxon
Chromodorididae
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Species
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Ceratosoma is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.

==Taxonomic notes== This nudibranch genus is not to be confused with the muricid gastropod genus Ceratostoma. The type species is Ceratosoma cornigerum, accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827)

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