Coryphella chriskaugei
| Coryphella chriskaugei | |
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| The nudibranch Fjordia chriskaugei, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Coryphellidae |
| Genus: | Coryphella |
| Species: | C. chriskaugei
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| Binomial name | |
| Coryphella chriskaugei (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton), 2017[1]
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Coryphella chriskaugei is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Coryphellidae.[3]
Description
[edit]Coryphella chriskaugei are commonly 30-50mm in length and are seen in a variety of colours, translucent white with either red, red-brown, yellow, or orange colouring of the digestive gland within the cerata.
Diet
[edit]This species feeds on hydroids such as Tubularia indivisa.
Distribution
[edit]Coryphella chriskaugei was described from Gulen Dive Resort at the entrance to the Sognefjord, Norway, 60°57′24″N 5°07′45″E / 60.9567°N 5.1293°E. It can be found throughout the British Isles, and can also be found north to Norway, along the Atlantic coasts of France and in the Mediterranean Sea.
References
[edit]- ^ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys. 717: 1-139.
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe (2022). "Coryphella chriskaugei". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ Picton, B. (2017). Fjordia chriskaugei Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-12-12