Ceratosoma miamirana
(Bergh, 1875)
Also known as: Ceratosoma miamiranum, Orodoris miamirana, Fracassa tuberculosa
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Below is comment from Dr. Bill Rudman, go to Sea Slug Forum to read more information
Dear Mike,
When I first saw your photos at about one tenth of their full size I had no idea what you had found, but when I saw them full size, the bright blue spots rang a very large bell in my brain. The animal is Ceratosoma miamirana. It is usually a greenish or green-brown colour dorsally - I have never seen this bright orange red colour before. I don't suppose you had a look at the underside of this animal? If you had it would have been white with a characteristic green reticulate pattern and a row of blue spots - as on the Fact Sheet.
I am not sure what it is doing on this coral. Like all chromodorids, it is a sponge feeder.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
| Location: | Raja Ampat, Indonesia |
| Photographer: | Mike Krampf |
| Camera: | Olympus μ600 › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | December 26, 2006 |
| Viewed: | 569 times |
| Posted: | 1 year ago |
| Updated: | 10 months ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Species: | Ceratosoma miamirana |