It is a species of colourful dorid nudibranch, a sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk. With gill structures visible as a single cluster on back of the animal. Patterns includes shades or colours of white, orange and or red and varies significantly.

At a glance

Habitat Intertidal to deeper waters, to depth of 120 m
Size Maximum recorded length of 15 centimetres
Origin Native
Distribution south-eastern Australia from Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, across South Australia and Victoria to Cape Byron, New South Wales, and around Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
south-eastern Australia from Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, across South Australia and Victoria to Cape Byron, New South Wales, and around Tasmania
Habitat
Intertidal to deeper waters, to depth of 120 m
Size
Maximum recorded length of 15 centimetres
Common Name Short-tailed Ceratosoma
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Native
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassHeterobranchia
SuperorderEuthyneura
OrderNudibranchia
SuborderDoridina
InfraorderDoridoidei
SuperfamilyChromodoridoidea
FamilyChromodorididae
SubfamilyMiamirinae
GenusCeratosoma
SpeciesCeratosoma brevicaudatum
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There are no known synonyms for this species
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