Ceratosoma bicolor explained

Ceratosoma bicolor is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.^[1] It is possible that this species is a colour variation of Ceratosoma trilobatum^[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Japan.^[3]

Description

Anatomically indistinguishable from Ceratosoma trilobatum but with a distinctive colour pattern.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Ceratosoma bicolor Baba, 1949. Accessed on 2019-01-30.
2. Rudman W.B. (1988). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus Ceratosoma J.E. Gray. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 93 (1): 133-185, page 137
3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (August 20) Ceratosoma bicolor Baba, 1949. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
4. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. page 99
5. Kimoto, N., 2019. Ceratosoma bicolor Seaslug World, accessed, 2019-01-30.