Ceratophyllidia

Ceratophyllidia is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Phyllidiidae.^[2]

Ceratophyllidia
Ceratophyllidia papilligera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Phyllidioidea
Family:	Phyllidiidae
Genus:	Ceratophyllidia Eliot, 1903[1]
Type species
Ceratophyllidia africana Eliot, 1903

They are known for their unusually soft, spherical and stalked tubercules on their upper dorsa. Unlike the species of Phyllidia, they lack oral glands or the glands are free from the oral tube.^[2]

Species

Species in the genus Ceratophyllidia include:

• Ceratophyllidia africana Eliot, 1903^[3]
• Ceratophyllidia papilligera (Bergh, 1890)^[4]

Species brought into synonymy

• Ceratophyllidia grisea Eliot, 1910: synonym of Ceratophyllidia africana Eliot, 1903
• Ceratophyllidia molaensis (Meyer, 1977): synonym of Phyllidiella molaensis (Meyer, 1977)

References

1. Eliot C. (1903). Proc. zool. Soc. London 1903(1): 250.
2. Brunckhorst D. J. (1993) "The systematics and phylogeny of phyllidiid nudibranchs (Doridoidea)". Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 16: 1-108.
3. Bouchet, P. (2010). Ceratophyllidia africana Eliot, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-12-28
4. Bouchet, P. (2010). Ceratophyllidia papilligera (Bergh, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-12-28