Corambe | |
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The crazed nudibranch, Corambe sp. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Corambidae |
Genus: | Corambe Bergh, 1869 [1] |
Type species | |
Corambe sargassicolaBergh, 1871 | |
Synonyms | |
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Corambe is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in family Corambidae within the superfamily Onchidoridoidea. [2] [3]
Species in this genus show a characteristic posterior notch in the notum (which is lacking in some taxa) and a characteristic gill morphology, especially the presence of ventral gills.
These nudibranchs occur in littoral and sublittoral temperate waters of the northern and southern hemispheres.
They are mostly small (between 5 and 10 mm) and rather hard to find because they are very well camouflaged. They prey on encrusting bryozoans.
Species within the genus Corambe include:
In 1994 it became a synonym of Psammodoris thompsoni (Millen & Nybakken, 1991) [5] and in 1998 synonym of Loy thompsoni(Millen & Nybakken, 1991). [6]