Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876

Mehrotra, Rahul, A. Caballer Gutierrez, Manuel, M. Scott, Chad, Arnold, Spencer, Monchanin, Coline, Viyakarn, Voranop & Chavanich, Suchana, 2021, An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters, ZooKeys 1042, pp. 73-188 : 73

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1042.64474

publication LSID

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/237F78C0-A302-5732-9656-43D5D619CF6C

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scientific name

Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876
status

 

* Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876 View in CoL Figure 9D View Figure 9

Material examined.

One specimen 85 mm, AM.

Ecology.

Soft sediment habitat. Depth 26 m.

Distribution.

Widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific including Japan ( Baba 1949), Indonesia ( Yonow 2001), South Africa, Mozambique, Malaysia, Australia, New Caledonia, Hawaii ( Gosliner et al. 2008), and the Red Sea ( Yonow 2008). Here representing a first record for Thai waters.

Baba, K, 1949. Opisthobranchia of Sagami bay: collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Hattori H (Ed). Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo

Gosliner, TM, Behrens, D, Valdes, A, 2008. Indo-Pacific nudibranchs and sea slugs: a field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Gig Harbor

Yonow, N, 2001. Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 11. Doridacea of the families Chromodorididae and Hexabranchidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia), including additional Moluccan material. Zoologische Mededelingen 75: 1 - 50, http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/45054

Yonow, N, 2008. Sea Slugs of the Red Sea. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia

Gallery Image

Figure 9. A Hallaxa iju 10 mm B Hallaxa indecora 8 mm C Cadlinella ornatissima 30 mm (photograph by Mati Pauner) D Ceratosoma tenue 85 mm E Chromodoris mandapamensis 50 mm (photograph by Tine Kvamme) F Chromodoris cf. mandapamensis 7 mm G Chromodoris cf. balat 25 mm (photograph by Elouise Haskin) H Diversidoris aurantionodulosa 30 mm I Diversidoris crocea 8 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) J Doriprismatica atromarginata 60 mm K Glossodoris cf. cincta 40 mm L Goniobranchus cf. albonares 5 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

SubClass

Heterobranchia

Order

Nudibranchia

SubOrder

Doridina

SuperFamily

Doridoidea

Family

Chromodorididae

Genus

Ceratosoma