Coryphellina marcusorum

Coryphellina marcusorum
	Coryphellina marcusorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Nudipleura ; clade Nudibranchia ; clade Dexiarchia ; clade Cladobranchia ; clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:	Flabellinoidea
Family:	Flabellinidae
Genus:	Coryphellina
Species:	C. marcusorum
Binomial name
	Coryphellina marcusorum; (Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990)[1]
Synonyms
	Coryphellina rubrolineata auct. non O'Donoghue, 1929; Flabellina marcusorum Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990;

Coryphellina marcusorum, (Spanish common name: Eolidáceo de Marcus)[2] is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[3]

Distribution

This species was described from Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico. 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[4] and as far east as the Galapagos Islands[2] and the other on the east side of the continent in the Caribbean Sea and in the western Atlantic Ocean down to Brazil.[5]

Description

Coryphellina marcusorum has a mainly translucent pink or orange body colour.[4] 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.[5] The oral tentacles are elongate and thin, and are longer than the rhinophores.[4]

The maximum recorded body length is 25 mm[6] or up to 30 mm.[4]

This species is very similar in colouration to the recently described African species Coryphellina arveloi.[5] A comparison with other Flabellinidae species from Mexico is given in the description of Orienthella fogata.[4]

Species	Rhinophores	Ground colour	Colour of cerata	Living size (mm)
Coryphellina marcusorum	Red, papillate posteriorly	Bright pink	Pink, purple and yellow	< 20
Samla telja	Yellow or brown, perfoliate	Light pink, white spots	Brownish pink	< 24
Edmundsella vansyoci	Pink, verrucose	Rose pink	Rose pink, white spots	< 15
Flabellina bertschi	White, smooth	White	Reddish pink, white tips	< 8
Orienthella fogata	Translucent orange, annulate	Translucent orange	Red with white spots	< 15
Kynaria cynara	White with purple tips, perfoliate	Pink with purple markings	Salmon & purple, white spots	< 12

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 3 m.[6] Maximum recorded depth is 22 m.[6]

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References

Gosliner, T. M. & A. M. Kuzirian. 1990. Two new species of Flabellinidae (Opisthobranchia: Aeolidacea) from Baja California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 47: 1-15.
"CDF Galapagos Species Checklists - Flabellina marcusorum". Checklists.datazone.darwinfoundation.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Flabellina marcusorum Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
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
Rudman, W.B. (September 13, 2000). "Flabellina marcusorum Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
Welch 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.

External links

Photos of Coryphellina marcusorum on Sealife Collection

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[1] Gosliner, T. M. & A. M. Kuzirian. 1990. Two new species of Flabellinidae (Opisthobranchia: Aeolidacea) from Baja California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 47: 1-15.

[darwinfoundation1990-2] "CDF Galapagos Species Checklists - Flabellina marcusorum". Checklists.datazone.darwinfoundation.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.

[3] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Flabellina marcusorum Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2012-06-04.

[mh2007-4] 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

[seaslugforum1-5] Rudman, W.B. (September 13, 2000). "Flabellina marcusorum Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Retrieved 2015-10-29.

[Welch_2010-6] Welch 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.