''Cerberilla'' is a
genus
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of sea slugs, aeolid
nudibranch
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s, shell-less marine
gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Aeolidiidae
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[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011)]
''Cerberilla'' Bergh, 1873.
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-07
All ''Cerberilla'' species have a broad foot and the cerata are numerous, arranged in transverse rows across the body. They live on and in sandy substrates where they burrow beneath the surface and feed on burrowing sea anemones.
The taxonomic status of this genus remains unrevised.
Species
Species in the genus ''Cerberilla'' include:
* ''
Cerberilla affinis''
Bergh, 1888
* ''
Cerberilla africana''
Eliot, 1903
* ''
Cerberilla albopunctata''
Baba, 1976
* ''
Cerberilla ambonensis''
Bergh, 1905
* ''
Cerberilla annulata''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
* ''
Cerberilla asamusiensis''
Baba, 1940
* ''
Cerberilla bernadettae''
Tardy, 1965
* ''
Cerberilla chavezi''
Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007
* ''
Cerberilla incola''
Burn, 1974
* ''
Cerberilla longibranchus''
(Volodchenko, 1941)
* ''
Cerberilla longicirrha''
Bergh, 1873 - Type species
* ''
Cerberilla moebii''
(Bergh, 1888)
* ''
Cerberilla mosslandica''
McDonald & Nybakken, 1975
* ''
Cerberilla potiguara''
Padula & Delgado, 2010[Padula V, Delgado M (2010) ''A new species of ''Cerberilla'' (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Aeolidiidae) from northeastern Brazil''. Nautilus 124: 175–180]
* ''
Cerberilla pungoarena''
Collier & Farmer, 1964
* ''
Cerberilla tanna''
Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cerberilla bernadetti''
Tardy, 1965: synonym of ''Cerberilla bernadettae''
Tardy, 1965
References
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Aeolidiidae