Ceratosoma tenue
Abraham, 1876
Photographed by: Daniela Gut
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Species: | Ceratosoma tenue |
Comment from Richard Willan on photo #5303
A juvenile individual with its gills retracted. Note the two pairs of lateral processes.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #3189
Note the two mantle lobes in front of the gills which characterise this species.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #2683
A juvenile individual.Locality:
- Indonesia
- Lembeh (12) Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Oct, Nov
- Komodo (2) Aug
- Ambon (2) Jan, Oct
- North Sulawesi (1) Apr
- Manado (1) Aug
- USA
- Maui, Hawaii (1) Aug
- Australia
- Nelson Bay (1)
- PNG
- PNG (1) Oct
Pictures of Ceratosoma tenue
Similar Species
Ceratosoma gracillimum can be distinguished externally by the complete absence of the mantle edge between the head and the well-developed lateral lobes on each side.
Ceratosoma trilobatum has the mantle edge, edged in purple, between the head and the lateral lobes. Both species have a similar range of colour variations, as does Ceratosoma tenue, but they differ from each other externally by the lack of a mantle edge in Ceratosoma gracillimum and the extra pair of small lateral lobes in Ceratosoma tenue.
