Ceratosoma alleni

Ceratosoma alleni
Ceratosoma alleni
Ceratostoma alleni at East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, head end towards the front
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Ceratosoma
Species: C. alleni
Binomial name
Ceratosoma alleni
(Gosliner, 1996)

Ceratosoma alleni is a species of colorful sea slug , a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. This species is found in shallow reefs in Southeast Asia. C. alleni has not been observed eating, but it is likely that it consumes sponges, like other Ceratosoma species.[1]

References

  1. ^ Gosliner, T.M. 1996. Phylogeny of Ceratosoma (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae), with Descriptions of Two New Species. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 49(3):115-126.


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