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Many-Lobed Ceratosoma (Ceratosoma tenue) Air Prang, Lembeh. Ceratosoma tenue,Geotagged,Indonesia,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Many-Lobed Ceratosoma (Ceratosoma tenue)

Air Prang, Lembeh.

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  1. Another one for what I find one of the most beautiful categories on JD:
    https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/animalia/mollusca/gastropoda/nudibranchia

    Note that I used the common name Purple-edged Ceratosoma, based on eol.org naming.
    Posted 7 years ago

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''Ceratosoma tenue'' is a species of colorful dorid nudibranch, a sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
The two common tropical species of Ceratosoma, C. tenue and C. trilobatum (Gray), are variable in colour, and as both can have very similar colour patterns, considerable confusion has occurred in the past over the identity of specimens. Ceratosoma tenue can be characterised by the three mantle lobes on each side of the body. There is a large anterior.. more

Similar species: Sea Slugs
Species identified by Patomarazul
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Uploaded Jul 8, 2018. Captured May 14, 2018 06:18 in Unnamed Road, Kota Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia.
  • TG-5
  • f/4.5
  • 1/200s
  • ISO200
  • 8.41mm