Coryphella browni
| Coryphella browni | |
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| The nudibranch Coryphella browni, Gulen Dive resort, Norway. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Coryphella |
| Species: | C. browni |
| Binomial name | |
| Coryphella browni | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Coryphella browni is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from Ireland. It is a fairly common species found in exposed sites from northern France to Norway.[4]
Description
[edit]This Coryphella has a narrow body and cerata in well defined clusters. The cerata have a broad band of white pigment at the tip.[5]
Ecology
[edit]The diet of this species is a hydroid, Tubularia indivisa.
References
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- ↑ Picton B. E. (1980). A new species of Coryphella (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from the British Isles. Ir. Nat. Journ 20: 15-19
- ↑ Picton, B. (2025) Fjordia browni (Picton, 1980). MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-05-05
- ↑ Ekimova I., Carmona L., Mikhlina AL., Grishina D., Stanovova M.V., Schepetov D.M., Hoover C., de Souza-Canal J., Kuznetsov K.O., Valdés A.; (2026). Neither "lumpers" nor "splitters": A global revision of Flabellinidae s.l. nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). PLoS One 21(5): e0347759.
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (September 16) Flabellina browni (Picton, 1980) [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. Fjordia browni Picton, 1980.[In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.