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Ceratosoma gracillimum

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Ceratosoma gracillimum
"Ceratasoma gracillimum" in Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Ceratasoma gracillimum in Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Ceratosoma
Species:
C. gracillimum
Binomial name
Ceratosoma gracillimum
Bergh, 1876[1]

Ceratosoma gracillimum is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from Bohol, Philippines. It is known from Indonesia, Vietnam and the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.[3][4]

Description

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Ecology

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Ceratosoma gracillimum Semper in Bergh, 1876. Accessed on 2019-01-30.
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (September 17) Ceratosoma gracillimum Semper in Bergh, 1876. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ^ 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.