Coryphellidae

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Coryphellidae
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Fjordia browni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Coryphellidae
Bergh, 1889
Type genus
Coryphella
J. E. Gray, 1850
Genera

9, see text

Coryphellidae is a taxonomic family of brightly coloured nudibranchs. [1]

Contents

Genera

As of 2020, genera within the family Coryphellidae include: [1]

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<i>Borealea</i> Genus of gastropods

Borealea is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Coryphellidae.

Carronella is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Flabellinidae.

Itaxia is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Coryphellidae.

Occidenthella is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, in the family Flabellinidae. The only described species is Occidenthella athadona, a combination named in 2017. It was originally described as Coryphella athadona in 1875. The genus name Occidenthella, from occidens, meaning "west" in Latin, refers to its distribution in the Western Pacific Ocean.

<i>Orienthella</i>

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<i>Gulenia</i>

Gulenia is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Coryphellidae.

Borealea sanamyanae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.

<i>Gulenia monicae</i>

Gulenia monicae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.

<i>Gulenia orjani</i>

Gulenia orjani is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.

Luisella is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Samlidae.

Ziminella is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Paracoryphellidae.

References

  1. 1 2 Coryphellidae Bergh, 1889 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 August 2020.