Coryphellina marcusorum
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''Coryphellina marcusorum'', (Spanish common name: ''Eolidáceo de Marcus'') is a
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of
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, an aeolid nudibranch, a
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in the family
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.


Distribution

This species was described from
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,
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,
Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. ''Coryphellina marcusorum'' is thought to occur in two disjunct populations in the waters of central and south America: one group on the west coast of central America in the eastern Pacific Ocean and as far east as the Galapagos Islands and the other on the east side of the continent in the
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and in the western Atlantic Ocean down to Brazil.


Description

''Coryphellina marcusorum'' has a mainly translucent pink or orange body colour. The elongate rhinophores, foot corners and cerata are tipped with opaque white (or sometimes opaque yellow), with a broad, purple band beneath. The posterior face of the rhinophores may have up to one hundred papillae. The oral tentacles are elongate and thin, and are longer than the rhinophores.Millen S. & Hermosillo A. (2007) The genus ''Flabellina'' Voight, 1834 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) from Bahia de Banderas (Pacific coast of Mexico) with ecological observations, the description of a new species, and the redescription of ''Flabellina cynara''. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.4, 58(26): 543-559. page(s): 556 The maximum recorded body length is 25 mmWelch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". '' PLoS ONE'' 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776. or up to 30 mm. This species is very similar in colouration to the recently described African species '' Coryphellina arveloi''. A comparison with other Flabellinidae species from Mexico is given in the description of '' Orienthella fogata''.


Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 3 m. Maximum recorded depth is 22 m.


References


External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q5456561 Flabellinidae Gastropods described in 1990