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Coryphella monicae

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Coryphella monicae
The nudibranch, Coryphella monicae, at Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Coryphellidae
Genus: Coryphella
Species:
C. monicae
Binomial name
Coryphella monicae
(Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Gulenia monicae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017

Coryphella monicae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Coryphellidae.[3]

Distribution

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Coryphella monicae was described from specimens collected at 10–30 m depth at Gulen Dive Centre, Norway, Atlantic Ocean, 60°57′28″N 5°07′42″E / 60.9578°N 5.1284°E / 60.9578; 5.1284.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Bouchet, Philippe (2022). "Coryphella monicae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  3. ^ Picton, B. (2017). Gulenia monicae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-01-14.