Ceratophyllidia papilligera
Appearance
Ceratophyllidia papilligera | |
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Ceratophyllidia papilligera, head is on the right | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | C. papilligera
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Binomial name | |
Ceratophyllidia papilligera | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Phyllidiopsis papilligera Bergh, 1890 |
Ceratophyllidia papilligera (commonly referred to as the Black Spotted Nudibranch) is a species of sea slugs, dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phyllidiidae.[2]
References
- ^ Bergh R. (1890). "Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake."" Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 19: 155-181, 3 pls.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2010). Ceratophyllidia papilligera (Bergh, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420610 on 2010-12-28
External links
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- http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/cerapapi
- Valdés À. & Gosliner T. M. (1999). "Phylogeny of the radula-less dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia), with the description of a new genus and a new family". Zoologica Scripta 28: 315-360. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.1999.00014.x.