Ceratosoma pustulosum is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Ceratosoma pustulosum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Ceratosoma
Species:
C. pustulosum
Binomial name
Ceratosoma pustulosum
(Cuvier, 1804)[1]
Synonyms
  • Doris pustulosa Cuvier, 1804

Distribution

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This species was described from Timor.[3]

Description

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The type specimen of Ceratosoma pustulosum is in Muséum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris and was studied by Pruvot-Fol.[4] It is similar to Ceratosoma brevicaudatum but is unlikely to be the same species as this is a warm temperate species. It is currently not identifiable with any records since 1804.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Cuvier, G. L. (1804). Mémoire sur le genre Doris. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 4: 447-473, page 473.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Ceratosoma pustulosum (Cuvier, 1804). Accessed on 2019-01-30.
  3. ^ a b 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 171,178
  4. ^ Pruvot-Fol A. (1935). Les Doridiens de Cuvier publiés dans les Annales du Muséum en 1804. Étude critique et historique. Journal de Conchyliologie. 78(4): 209-261.