Corambe

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Corambe
Corambe crazed nudibranch.jpg
The crazed nudibranch, Corambe sp.
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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
  • CorambellaBalch, 1899
  • DoridellaVerrill, 1870
  • GulbiniaMartynov, 1994
  • NeocorambeSwennen & R. Dekker, 1995
  • ParacorambeSwennen & R. Dekker, 1995
  • QuasicorambeMartynov, 1994
  • SuhiniaMartynov, 1994

Corambe is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in family Corambidae within the superfamily Onchidoridoidea. [2] [3]

Contents

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.

Habitat

These nudibranchs occur in littoral and sublittoral temperate waters of the northern and southern hemispheres.

General description

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.

Corambe pacifica from Santa Cruz, California with egg spirals on bryozoan on giant kelp Corambe pacific from Santa Cruz, California with egg spirals on bryozoan on giant kelp.jpg
Corambe pacifica from Santa Cruz, California with egg spirals on bryozoan on giant kelp

Species

Species within the genus Corambe include:

Species synonymised or transferred to other genera

In 1994 it became a synonym of Psammodoris thompsoni (Millen & Nybakken, 1991) [5] and in 1998 synonym of Loy thompsoni(Millen & Nybakken, 1991). [6]

References

  1. Bergh R. (November 1871) Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-K\oniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, Abhandlungen 21: page 1293.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2016). Corambe Bergh, 1869. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137839 on 2016-05-21
  3. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  4. Gosliner T. M. (1987) Nudibranchs of Southern Africa. ISBN   0-930118-13-8
  5. Martynov, A.V. (1994a). "Materials for the revision of nudibranchiate molluscs of the family Corambidae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) Taxonomy. Communication 1". Zoologichesky Zhurnal. 73 (10): 3–14.
  6. Vandes, Angel; P. Bouchet (1998). "A blind abyssal Corambidae (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) from the Norwegian Sea, with a reevaluation of the systematics of the family". Sardia. 83 (1): 15–20.