Corambe pacifica

Corambe pacifica
Corambe pacifica from Santa Cruz, California with egg spirals on bryozoan on giant kelp
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea
Superfamily:	Onchidoridoidea
Family:	Corambidae
Genus:	Corambe
Species:	C. pacifica MacFarland & O'Donoghue, 1929
Binomial name
Corambe pacifica
Synonyms
Quasicorambe pacifica (MacFarland & O'Donoghue, 1929)

Corambe pacifica common name Pacific corambe is a species of sea slug, an Eastern Pacific Ocean nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Corambidae.^[1]

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 steinbergaeand 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q3693336 entry

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