Coryphellina exoptata

Coryphellina exoptata
Coryphellina exoptata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Flabellinidae
Genus: Coryphellina
Species:
C. exoptata
Binomial name
Coryphellina exoptata

Coryphellina exoptata, which can be translated as the much-desired flabellina or desirable flabellina, common name “Cole’s nudibranch”, is a species of colourful sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.

Distribution

This species was described from Madang, Papua New Guinea. Coryphellina exoptata is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific.

Description

Coryphellina exoptata is typically about 30 millimetres (1.2 in) in length when mature but can reach 48 millimetres (1.9 in).

Coryphellina exoptata

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gosliner, T. M., & Richard C. Willan. 1991. Review of the Flabellinidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidacea) from the tropical Indo-Pacific, with the descriptions of five new species. Veliger 34(2):97-133.
  2. 1 2 3 Rudman, W.B., 1999 (February 15) Flabellina exoptata Gosliner & Willan, 1991. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.