Corambe pacifica

Short description: Species of gastropod

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

1. ↑ 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

* 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.

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