Ceratophyllidia

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Phyllidiopsis papilligera (Black-spotted Nudibranch - North Haiti).jpg | image_caption = Ceratophyllidia papilligera | taxon = Ceratophyllidia | authority = Eliot, 1903 | type_species = Ceratophyllidia africana | type_species_authority = Eliot, 1903

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

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.

Species

Species in the genus Ceratophyllidia include:

Ceratophyllidia africana Eliot, 1903
Ceratophyllidia papilligera (Bergh, 1890) ;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

[[Charles Eliot (diplomat). Eliot C.]] (1903). ''Proc. zool. Soc. London'' '''1903'''(1): 250.
Brunckhorst D. J. (1993) "The systematics and phylogeny of phyllidiid nudibranchs (Doridoidea)". ''Records of the Australian Museum'' suppl. 16: 1-108.
Bouchet, P. (2010). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536730 ''Ceratophyllidia africana'' Eliot, 1903.] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-12-28
Bouchet, P. (2010). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420610 ''Ceratophyllidia papilligera'' (Bergh, 1890).] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-12-28

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