Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Black-Spotted Nudibranch
Ceratophyllidia papilligera
Black-Spotted Nudibranch
Category: Dorid Nudibranchs
Scientific Name: Ceratophyllidia papilligera
Distribution: Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  └Euthyneura (Infraclass)
   └Nudipleura (Superorder)
    └Doridida (Order)
     └Doridoidei (Infraorder)
      └Phyllidioidea (Superfamily)
       └Phyllidiidae (Family)
        └Ceratophyllidia (Genus)
         └C. papilligera (Species)

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