Ceratosoma is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.
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 <small>(J.E. Gray, 1827)</small>
Species
Species in the genus Ceratosoma include:
- Ceratosoma amoenum <small>(Cheeseman, 1886)</small>
- Ceratosoma bicolor <small>Baba, 1949</small> - possibly a colour form of Ceratosoma trilobatum
- Ceratosoma brevicaudatum <small> Abraham, 1876 </small>
- Ceratosoma gracillimum <small>Semper in Bergh, 1876</small>
- Ceratosoma ingozi <small> Gosliner, 1996 </small> Inkspot nudibranch
- Ceratosoma palliolatum <small> Rudman, 1988 </small>
- Ceratosoma polyomma <small>Bergh, 1880</small>
- Ceratosoma pustulosum <small>(Cuvier, 1804) </small>
- Ceratosoma tenue <small>Abraham, 1876</small>
- Ceratosoma trilobatum <small>(J.E. Gray, 1827)</small> synonyms: Ceratosoma cornigerum
Species brought into synonymy:
- Ceratosoma adelaidae <small>Basedow & Hedley, 1905</small> accepted as Ceratosoma brevicaudatum <small>Abraham, 1876</small>
- Ceratosoma alleni <small> Gosliner, 1996 </small>: synonym of Miamira alleni <small>(Gosliner, 1996)</small>
- Ceratosoma amoena [sic] accepted as Ceratosoma amoenum <small>(Cheeseman, 1886)</small>
- Ceratosoma berghi <small>Rochebrune, 1895</small> accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum <small>(J.E. Gray, 1827)</small>
- Ceratosoma bicorne <small>Bergh, 1905</small> accepted as Ceratosoma tenue <small>Abraham, 1876</small>
- Ceratosoma caledonicum <small>Fischer, 1876</small> accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum <small>(J.E. Gray, 1827)</small>
- Ceratosoma corallinum <small>Odhner, 1917</small> accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum <small>(J.E. Gray, 1827)</small>
- Ceratosoma cornigerum <small>(Adams & Reeve, 1850)</small> accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum <small>(J.E. Gray, 1827)</small>
- Ceratosoma flavicostatum <small> Baba, 1940 </small>: synonym of Miamira flavicostata <small>Baba, 1940</small>
- Ceratosoma francoisi <small>Rochebrune, 1894</small> accepted as Ceratosoma tenue <small>Abraham, 1876</small>
- Ceratosoma gibbosum <small>Rochebrune, 1894</small> accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum <small>(J.E. Gray, 1827</small>)
- Ceratosoma jousseaumi <small>Rochebrune, 1894</small> accepted as Ceratosoma tenue <small>Abraham, 1876</small>
- Ceratosoma lixi <small>Rochebrune, 1894</small> accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum <small>(J.E. Gray, 1827)</small>
- Ceratosoma magnifica [sic] accepted as Miamira magnifica <small>Eliot, 1904</small>
- Ceratosoma magnificum <small> (Eliot, 1910) </small>: synonym of Miamira magnifica <small>Eliot, 1904</small>
- Ceratosoma miamiranum <small> Bergh, 1875 </small>: synonym of Miamira miamirana <small>(Bergh, 1875)</small>
- Ceratosoma moloch <small>Rudman, 1988 https://web.archive.org/web/20071025032153/http://seaslug.info/factsheet.cfm?base=ceramolo</small>: synonym of Miamira moloch <small>(Rudman, 1988)</small>
- Ceratosoma oblongum <small>Abraham, 1876</small> accepted as Ceratosoma brevicaudatum <small>Abraham, 1876</small>
- Ceratosoma ornatum <small>Bergh, 1890</small> accepted as Ceratosoma tenue <small>Abraham, 1876</small>
- Ceratosoma rhopalicum <small>Rochebrune, 1894</small> accepted as Ceratosoma tenue <small>Abraham, 1876</small>
- Ceratosoma sinuatum <small>van Hasselt, 1824</small>: synonym of Miamira sinuata <small>(van Hasselt, 1824)</small>
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