Ceratosoma bicolor

Ceratosoma bicolor is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2] It is possible that this species is a colour variation of Ceratosoma trilobatum[3]

Ceratosoma bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Ceratosoma
Species:
C. bicolor
Binomial name
Ceratosoma bicolor
Baba, 1949[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Japan.[4]

Description

Anatomically indistinguishable from Ceratosoma trilobatum but with a distinctive colour pattern.[4][5][6]

References

  1. Baba, K. (1949) Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. Iwanami Shoyen, Tokyo. 194 pp., 50 pls.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Ceratosoma bicolor Baba, 1949. Accessed on 2019-01-30.
  3. Rudman W.B. (1988). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus Ceratosoma J.E. Gray. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 93 (1): 133-185, page 137
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (August 20) Ceratosoma bicolor Baba, 1949. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page 99
  6. Kimoto, N., 2019. Ceratosoma bicolor Seaslug World, accessed, 2019-01-30.
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