{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | name = Inkspot nudibranch | image = inkspot nudibranch ceratosoma ingozi.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Ceratosoma ingozi | authority = Gosliner, 1996<ref>Gosliner, T. M. (1996). [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15776887 Phylogeny of ''Ceratosoma'' (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae), with descriptions of two new species.] Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 49(3): 115–126.</ref> }}

The '''inkspot nudibranch''', ''Ceratosoma ingozi'', is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. <ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|560054|''Ceratosoma ingozi'' Gosliner, 1996|30 October 2024}}</ref>

==Distribution== This species has so far only been found around the southern African coast from the Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth in 15–108 m of water. It is probably endemic.<ref>Gosliner, T.M. 1987. ''Nudibranchs of Southern Africa'' {{ISBN|0-930118-13-8}}</ref>

==Description== The length of this marine species attains 80&nbsp;mm.<ref name="Herbert" />

The inkspot nudibranch is a deep-bodied dorid with a smooth skin and bluish-edged purple spots. It has creamy gills and rhinophores. Its body colour varies from a creamy yellow through pinks to purples. It may reach a total length of 80&nbsp;mm.<ref>Zsilavecz, G. 2007. ''Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay''. {{ISBN|0-620-38054-3}}</ref><ref>Rudman, W.B., 2005 (January 28) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/ceraingo ''Ceratosoma ingozi'' Gosliner, 1996.] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.</ref>

==Distinguishing features== It is bright orange in color with distinct, darker spots edged in blue, varying from dark red to black or brown. The body is club-shaped with a dorsal frill. When in water, creamy rhinophores (chemosensory tentacles) and a dorsal gill rosette are visible. Its color is bright orange with distinct bluish edged darker spots ranging in colour from dark red to black or brown.<ref name="Herbert">{{cite book |last1=Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. |title=Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa |date=2018 |publisher=Malachite Marketing and Media |location=Pretoria |page=289 |doi=10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001 |url=https://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001 |isbn=978-1-86868-098-6|access-date=26 October 2024}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=bysa4|from this source=yes}}</ref>

==Ecology== This species feeds on sponges. Its egg ribbon is a stiff collar of large yellow-orange eggs.

==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite book |last1=Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. |title=Nudibranchs of the world. |date=2007 |publisher=ConchBooks |location=Frankfurt |isbn=978-3-939767-06-0 |pages=1–360}} * {{cite book |last1=Gosliner, T. |display-authors=etal |title=Southern African Sea Slugs. |date=2023 |publisher=Southern Underwater Research Group Press |location=Cape Town |page=340}}

==External links== * {{cite journal |last1=Gosliner |first1=T.M. |title=Phylogeny of Ceratosoma (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae), with descriptions of two new species |journal=Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences |date=1996 |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=115–126 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15776887}} * {{cite journal |last1=Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. |title=Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. |journal=PLoS ONE |date=2012 |volume=7 |issue=4 |url=https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033479}}

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Category:Chromodorididae Category:Gastropods described in 1996