''Ceratosoma pustulosum'' is a
species
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of
sea slug
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or dorid
nudibranch
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, a
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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Chromodorididae
Chromodorididae, or chromodorids, are a taxonomic family of colourful sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea. “Chromodorid nudibranchs are among the most gorgeously coloured of all animals.†...
.
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''Ceratosoma pustulosum'' (Cuvier, 1804).
Accessed on 2019-01-30.
Distribution
This species was described from
Timor
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.
[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 171,178]
Description
The type specimen of ''Ceratosoma pustulosum'' is in
Muséum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris and was studied by Pruvot-Fol.
[Pruvot-Fol A. (1935). ''Les Doridiens de Cuvier publiés dans les Annales du Muséum en 1804. Étude critique et historique.'' Journal de Conchyliologie. 78(4): 209-261.] It is similar to ''
Ceratosoma brevicaudatum'' but is unlikely to be the same species as this is a warm temperate species. It is currently not identifiable with any records since 1804.
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References
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Chromodorididae
Gastropods described in 1804
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier