Borealea
Genus of gastropods
Borealea
Borealea nobilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Nudibranchia
Suborder:
Aeolidacea
Family:
Coryphellidae
Genus:
Borealea Korshunova , Martynov , Bakken , Evertsen , Fletcher , Mudianta , Saito , Lundin , Schrödl & Picton , 2017
Type species
Coryphella nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1880
Synonyms
Borealia Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 (homonym of Borealia Maksimova, 1977 [Trilobita])
Borealea is a genus of sea slugs , specifically aeolid nudibranchs , marine gastropod molluscs in the family Coryphellidae .
Species
Species within the genus Borealea are as follows:
Borealea nobilis (A. E. Verrill, 1880)
Borealea sanamyanae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
References
1 2 Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, .; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Corrigenda: Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.717.21885 . ZooKeys. 725: 139-141.
1 2 3 Borealea Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017. 2026-04-03. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
↑ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys. 717: 1-139.
↑ Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (2025-08-01). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 204 (4). doi :10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057 . ISSN 0024-4082 .