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Ceratophyllidia papilligera
Ceratophyllidia papilligera, head is on the right
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Phyllidioidea
Family:	Phyllidiidae
Genus:	Ceratophyllidia
Species:	C. papilligera
Binomial name
Ceratophyllidia papilligera (Bergh, 1890)
Synonyms
Phyllidiopsis papilligera Bergh, 1890

Ceratophyllidia papilligera (commonly referred to as the Black Spotted Nudibranch) is a species of sea slug, dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phyllidiidae.

Description

The maximum recorded body length is 30 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m. Maximum recorded depth is 185 m.

References

1. 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”, Lieut.-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. Report on the nudibranchs". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 19(3): 155-181, 3 pls.
2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ceratophyllidia papilligera (Bergh, 1890)". www.marinespecies.org.
3. ^ Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

External links

• Media related to Ceratophyllidia papilligera at Wikimedia Commons
• 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.
• Photos of Ceratophyllidia papilligera on Sealife Collection

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