Biology:Ceratosoma bicolor
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Ceratosoma bicolor | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Ceratosoma |
| Species: | C. bicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceratosoma bicolor Baba, 1949[1]
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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]
Distribution
This species was described from Japan .[4]
Description
Anatomically indistinguishable from Ceratosoma trilobatum but with a distinctive colour pattern.[4][5][6]
Ecology
References
- ↑ Baba, K. (1949) Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. Iwanami Shoyen, Tokyo. 194 pp., 50 pls.
- ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Ceratosoma bicolor Baba, 1949. Accessed on 2019-01-30.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rudman, W.B., 2001 (August 20) Ceratosoma bicolor Baba, 1949. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN:978-3-939767-06-0 page 99
- ↑ Kimoto, N., 2019. Ceratosoma bicolor Seaslug World, accessed, 2019-01-30.
Wikidata ☰ Q5063812 entry
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