Ceratosoma

Ceratosoma
	Ceratosoma brevicaudatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Ceratosoma; J. E. Gray in M. E. Gray, 1850
Type species
	Ceratosoma trilobatum; J. E. Gray

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)

Species

Species in the genus Ceratosoma include:

Ceratosoma amoenum (Cheeseman, 1886)
Ceratosoma bicolor Baba, 1949 - possibly a colour form of Ceratosoma trilobatum
Ceratosoma brevicaudatum Abraham, 1876
Ceratosoma gracillimum Semper in Bergh, 1876
Ceratosoma ingozi Gosliner, 1996 Inkspot nudibranch
Ceratosoma palliolatum Rudman, 1988
Ceratosoma polyomma Bergh, 1880
Ceratosoma pustulosum (Cuvier, 1804)
Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876
Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827) synonyms: Ceratosoma cornigerum

Species brought into synonymy

Ceratosoma adelaidae Basedow & Hedley, 1905 accepted as Ceratosoma brevicaudatum Abraham, 1876
Ceratosoma alleni Gosliner, 1996 : synonym of Miamira alleni (Gosliner, 1996)
Ceratosoma amoena [sic] accepted as Ceratosoma amoenum (Cheeseman, 1886)
Ceratosoma berghi Rochebrune, 1895 accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827)
Ceratosoma bicorne Bergh, 1905 accepted as Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876
Ceratosoma caledonicum Fischer, 1876 accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827)
Ceratosoma corallinum Odhner, 1917 accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827)
Ceratosoma cornigerum (Adams & Reeve, 1850) accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827)
Ceratosoma flavicostatum Baba, 1940 : synonym of Miamira flavicostata Baba, 1940
Ceratosoma francoisi Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876
Ceratosoma gibbosum Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827)
Ceratosoma jousseaumi Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876
Ceratosoma lixi Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827)
Ceratosoma magnifica [sic] accepted as Miamira magnifica Eliot, 1904
Ceratosoma magnificum (Eliot, 1910) : synonym of Miamira magnifica Eliot, 1904
Ceratosoma miamiranum Bergh, 1875 : synonym of Miamira miamirana (Bergh, 1875)
Ceratosoma moloch Rudman, 1988 : synonym of Miamira moloch (Rudman, 1988)
Ceratosoma oblongum Abraham, 1876 accepted as Ceratosoma brevicaudatum Abraham, 1876
Ceratosoma ornatum Bergh, 1890 accepted as Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876
Ceratosoma rhopalicum Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876
Ceratosoma sinuatum van Hasselt, 1824: synonym of Miamira sinuata (van Hasselt, 1824)

References

↑ Gray, J. E. (1850). Explanation of plates and list of genera. In M.E. Gray, Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Vol. 4. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 124 pp.
↑ Molluscabase https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212893
↑ Pages 13, pl. 67 fig. 14 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090#page/9/mode/1up(1848-50).
↑ "Molluscabase - Ceratosoma trilobatum (J. E. Gray, 1850)".
1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Ceratosoma A. Adams & Reeve, 1850. Accessed on 2018-12-01
↑ Rudman W.B. (1984) The date and authorship of Bornella and Ceratosoma (Nudibranchia) and other molluscs collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, 1843-46. Malacological Review 17: 103-104, page(s): 170

[1] Gray, J. E. (1850). Explanation of plates and list of genera. In M.E. Gray, Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Vol. 4. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 124 pp.

[2] Molluscabase https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212893

[3] Pages 13, pl. 67 fig. 14 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090#page/9/mode/1up(1848-50).

[4] "Molluscabase - Ceratosoma trilobatum (J. E. Gray, 1850)".

[molluscabase-5] 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Ceratosoma A. Adams & Reeve, 1850. Accessed on 2018-12-01

[6] Rudman W.B. (1984) The date and authorship of Bornella and Ceratosoma (Nudibranchia) and other molluscs collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, 1843-46. Malacological Review 17: 103-104, page(s): 170

Ceratosoma

Ceratosoma brevicaudatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Ceratosoma J. E. Gray in M. E. Gray, 1850
Type species
Ceratosoma trilobatum J. E. Gray