WoRMS taxon details
original description
Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., <i>Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors</i>. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090 page(s): 13, 105 [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. (1984). The date and authorship of <em>Bornella</em> and <em>Ceratosoma</em> (Nudibranchia) and other molluscs collected during the voyage of H.M.S Samarang, 1843-46. <em>Malacological Review.</em> 17: 103-104. page(s): 170 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Authority Name published simultaneously by A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 [August] and Gray, 1850 [August]. Relative precedence of Gray vs Adams & Reeve unknown. The precedence and authorship of the name were discussed by Rudman, 1984, Malacological Review, 17: 103, but Rudman mistakenly dated Gray from February 1850. [details]
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