Ceratosoma

Ceratosoma is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.[4][5]

Ceratosoma
Ceratosoma brevicaudatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Ceratosoma
J. E. Gray in M. E. Gray, 1850[1]
Type species
Polycera cornigera[2]
Adams & Reeve in Adams, 1848[3]

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:[4]

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)


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References
  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. Rudman W.B. (1988). The Chromodorididae (Ophistobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus Ceratosoma J.E. Gray. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 93 (1): 133-185
  3. Adams, A.; Reeve L. (1848-50). The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846. Reeve, Benham & Reeve: London. Parts I-III., page(s): 67-68
  4. MolluscaBase (2018). Ceratosoma A. Adams & Reeve, 1850. Accessed on 2018-12-01
  5. 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
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