Coryphella verta

Coryphella verta is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[2]

Coryphella verta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Coryphellidae
Genus: Coryphella
Species:
C. verta
Binomial name
Coryphella verta
Synonyms

Coryphella verta Ev. Marcus, 1970

Distribution

This species was described from Brazil. It has been reported from Florida.[3]

Description

The maximum recorded body length is 21 mm.[4]

Ecology

Minimum recorded depth is 1 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 30 m.[4]

References
  1. Marcus Ev. (1970). "On some opisthobranchs from Cananeia, Brazil". Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras, Universidade de São Paulo, Zoology 27: 207-228. [Boletim de Zoologia e Biologia Marinha, no.1, N.S., no. 27].
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Flabellina verta (Ev. Marcus, 1970). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-10
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2007 (November 23) Flabellina verta (Marcus, 1970). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. 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.
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