''Corambe pacifica'' common name Pacific corambe is a
species
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of
sea slug
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, an Eastern Pacific Ocean
nudibranch, a
marine
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,
opisthobranch
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the family Corambidae.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Corambe pacifica. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=535677 on 2016-05-21]
This species feeds on
bryozoans.
Distribution
''Corambe pacifica'' are found on the west coast of North America.
References
* Behrens, D.W. (1980). ''Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: A guide to the Opisthobranchs of the Northeastern Pacific''. Sea challengers, Los Osos, California.
* MacFarland, F.M.& O'Donoghue, C.H. (1929). A new species of ''Corambe'' from the Pacific coast of North America. ''Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, fourth series, 18(1):'' 1-27.
*Yoshioka, P.M. (1986). Life history patterns of the dorid nudibranchs ''Doridella steinbergae''and ''Corambe pacifica''. ''Marine Ecology Progress Series, 31:'' 179-184.
* Yoshioka, P.M. (1986). Competitive coexistence of the dorid nudibranchs ''Doridella steinbergae'' and ''Corambe pacifica''. ''Marine Ecology Progress Series, 33:'' 81-88.
External links
Corambidae
Gastropods described in 1929
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