Coryphellina hamanni

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

Coryphellina hamanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Flabellinoidea
Family:
Flabellinidae
Genus:
Coryphellina
Species:
C. hamanni
Binomial name
Coryphellina hamanni
(Gosliner, 1994)[1]

Distribution

This species is known from the Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.[3]

Description

The maximum recorded body length is 32 mm.[4]

Ecology

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 3 m; maximum recorded depth is 20 m.[4]

References
  1. Gosliner, T. M. (1994) New records of Flabellinidae (Opisthobranchia: Aeolidacea) from the tropical Americas, with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 48: 171-183.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Flabellina hamanni Gosliner, 1994. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-27
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2006 (February 9) Flabellina hamanni Gosliner, 1994. [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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