Ceratosoma


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''

Species

Species in the genus Ceratosoma include:Ceratosoma amoenum Ceratosoma bicolor Baba, 1949 - possibly a colour form of Ceratosoma trilobatumCeratosoma brevicaudatum Abraham, 1876 Ceratosoma gracillimum Semper in Bergh, 1876Ceratosoma ingozi Gosliner, 1996 Inkspot nudibranchCeratosoma palliolatum Rudman, 1988 Ceratosoma polyomma Bergh, 1880 Ceratosoma pustulosum Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876Ceratosoma trilobatum synonyms: Ceratosoma cornigerum
;Species brought into synonymy:Ceratosoma adelaidae Basedow & Hedley, 1905 accepted as Ceratosoma brevicaudatum Abraham, 1876Ceratosoma alleni Gosliner, 1996 : synonym of Miamira alleni Ceratosoma amoena accepted as Ceratosoma amoenum Ceratosoma berghi Rochebrune, 1895 accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum Ceratosoma bicorne Bergh, 1905 accepted as Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876Ceratosoma caledonicum Fischer, 1876 accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum Ceratosoma corallinum Odhner, 1917 accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum Ceratosoma cornigerum accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum Ceratosoma flavicostatum Baba, 1940 : synonym of Miamira flavicostata Baba, 1940Ceratosoma francoisi Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876Ceratosoma gibbosum Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum Ceratosoma jousseaumi Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876Ceratosoma lixi Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum Ceratosoma magnifica accepted as Miamira magnifica Eliot, 1904Ceratosoma magnificum : synonym of Miamira magnifica Eliot, 1904Ceratosoma miamiranum Bergh, 1875 : synonym of Miamira miamirana Ceratosoma moloch Rudman, 1988 : synonym of Miamira moloch Ceratosoma oblongum Abraham, 1876 accepted as Ceratosoma brevicaudatum Abraham, 1876Ceratosoma ornatum Bergh, 1890 accepted as Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876Ceratosoma rhopalicum Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876Ceratosoma sinuatum van Hasselt, 1824: synonym of ''Miamira sinuata''