WoRMS taxon details

Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876

212893  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212893)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Abraham, P. S. (1876). Notes on some genera of nudibranchiate Mollusca, with notices of a new genus and some hitherto undescribed species, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18: 132-146., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925135/#page/146/mode/1up
page(s): 141-142, Plate VII, Figures 5, 5 a-b [details]   
Description Up to 7 cm long (W Indian Ocean specimens). A distinctive species with obvious, enlarged dorsal protuberances on the mantle...  
Description Up to 7 cm long (W Indian Ocean specimens). A distinctive species with obvious, enlarged dorsal protuberances on the mantle which contain a concentration of defensive glands. These are prominent to lure predators away from the vital gills and rhinophores, and are a distinguishing feature of the genus. Colour pinky orange with yellow spots, occassionally olive-green, always with violet margins. Habitat: diverse, among shallow coral reefs. Distribution: W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to W Pacific Ocean. In the region C. tenue often coexists with C. trilobatum (Richmond, 1997).
Distribution: also known from South-East Asia and tropical Australia (Rudman, 1988). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212893 on 2024-03-19
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1998-09-02 09:02:48Z
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2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
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2011-02-21 08:54:00Z
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original description Abraham, P. S. (1876). Notes on some genera of nudibranchiate Mollusca, with notices of a new genus and some hitherto undescribed species, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18: 132-146., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925135/#page/146/mode/1up
page(s): 141-142, Plate VII, Figures 5, 5 a-b [details]   

original description  (of Ceratosoma francoisi Rochebrune, 1894) Rochebrune A.T. de. (1894). Diagnoses de nouvelles appartenant au genere </>Ceratosoma<i/>. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 2(16): 55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41982708 [details]   

original description  (of Ceratosoma ornatum Bergh, 1890) Bergh, L. S. R. (1890). Die Nudibranchien des “Sunda-Meeres”. Malacologische Untersuchungen. <em>In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate.</em> Band 2, Theil 3, Heft 17, pp. 873-992, pls. 85-89., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14376343
page(s): 946; note: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14376416 [details]   

original description  (of Ceratosoma jousseaumi Rochebrune, 1894) Rochebrune A.T. de. (1894). Diagnoses de nouvelles appartenant au genere </>Ceratosoma<i/>. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 2(16): 55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41982708
page(s): 185 [details]   

original description  (of Ceratosoma rhopalicum Rochebrune, 1894) Rochebrune A.T. de. (1894). Diagnoses de nouvelles appartenant au genere </>Ceratosoma<i/>. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 2(16): 55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41982708 [details]   

original description  (of Ceratosoma bicorne Bergh, 1905) Bergh, L. S. R. (1905). Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. <em>Siboga-Expeditie.</em> 50: 1-248, pls 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11650714 [details]   

basis of record Rudman, W. B. (1988). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus <em>Ceratosoma</em> J.E. Gray. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 93(1): 133-185. [details]   

additional source Rudman, W. B. (1988). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus <em>Ceratosoma</em> J.E. Gray. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 93(1): 133-185.
page(s): 148 [details]   

additional source Yonow, N. (2001). Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 11. Doridacea of the families Chromodorididae and Hexabranchidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia), including additional Moluccan material. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 75: 1-50., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/217432 [details]   

additional source Gosliner, T. M.; Behrens, D. W.; Valdés, Á. (2008). Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. <em>Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington.</em> 426, pp.
page(s): 274 [details]   

additional source Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) <i>Nudibranchs of the world</i>. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN: 978-3-939767-06-0
page(s): 98 [details]   

status source Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. <i>PLoS ONE</i> 7(4): e33479., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033479 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Up to 7 cm long (W Indian Ocean specimens). A distinctive species with obvious, enlarged dorsal protuberances on the mantle which contain a concentration of defensive glands. These are prominent to lure predators away from the vital gills and rhinophores, and are a distinguishing feature of the genus. Colour pinky orange with yellow spots, occassionally olive-green, always with violet margins. Habitat: diverse, among shallow coral reefs. Distribution: W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to W Pacific Ocean. In the region C. tenue often coexists with C. trilobatum (Richmond, 1997).
Distribution: also known from South-East Asia and tropical Australia (Rudman, 1988). [details]