Coryphella pallida
| Coryphella pallida | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Coryphella |
| Species: | C. pallida |
| Binomial name | |
| Coryphella pallida A. E. Verrill, 1900[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Coryphella pallida is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[3]
Taxonomic Status
[edit]Ekimova et al. considers the placement of C. pallida under Coryphella as provisional, believing further study is needed to confirm or otherwise clarify its placement.[3] Korshunova et al. regards C. pallida as nomen dubium, believing it is necessary to fully exclude C. pallida from Coryphellidae sensu Korshunova et al. (2025)[4] as there has never been any indication it belonged there in the first place.
Description
[edit]C. pallida has a maximum length of 10mm.[5][6] The original 1900 description by A. E. Verrill is brief:
"Body small, slender, dorsal papillæ long, slender, in two series of lateral clusters, numerous, not crowded, usually curved. Rhinophores elongated, tapered, slightly plicated, light yellow. Foot narrow, its anterior lobes much prolounged, slender, acute, usually curved back. Body white; dorsal papillæ dark gray with white tips."[1]
The description was entitled "Coryphella (?) pallida, sp. nov.", indicating that Verrill was not confident on its placement within Coryphella. No illustrations nor details on internal anatomy were included. Verrill writes the description was based upon only a single specimen[1]. The location of the type material is unknown, if it exists at all.
Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the western Pacific Ocean, primarily in Bermuda.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Verrill, A. E. 1900. nudibranchs and naked tectibranchs of the Bermudas. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences. 10:547-548.
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Coryphella pallida A. E. Verrill, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-06-23.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Korshunova T.; Fletcher K.; Martynov A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Volume 204, Issue 4, August 2025.
- 1 2 ITIS Deprecated link archived 2012-11-28 at archive.today Retrieved July 5, 2012
- ↑ malacolog Retrieved July 5, 2012