Coryphella sanamyanae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Coryphella |
| Species: | C. sanamyanae
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| Coryphella sanamyanae | |
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Coryphella sanamyanae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[3]
Etymology
[edit]C. sanamyanae was named after Nadezhda Sanamyan, a marine biologist from Kamchatka credited with making "a considerable contribution in collecting North West Pacific nudibranchs".[1]
Description
[edit]Coryphella sanamyanae has a relatively wide body with a narrow notum, and relatively short foot corners. Rhinophores and oral tentacles are similarly sized, the rhinophores themselves being "slightly wrinkled, robust". The cerata are long and fusiform with pointed apices, attached to the body continuously without forming clusters. The body is translucent white. The digestive gland diverticula is dark-red to pinkish, and fills a significant volume of the cerata. The cerata are capped with opaque white pigment.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Coryphella sanamyanae was described from a single specimen dredged in 17 m depth Matua Island, Middle Kurile Islands, North West Pacific Ocean.
References
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- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Coryphella sanamyanae(Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-06-23.
- ^ Ekimova I., Carmona L., Mikhlina AL., Grishina D., Stanovova M.V., Schepetov D.M., Hoover C., de Souza-Canal J., Kuznetsov K.O., Valdés A.; (2026). Neither "lumpers" nor "splitters": A global revision of Flabellinidae s.l. nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). PLoS One 21(5): e0347759.
Further reading
[edit]- Korshunova T.; Fletcher K.; Martynov A. (2025). 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. Volume 204, Issue 4, August 2025.
- Coryphellidae
- Gastropods described in 2017
- Taxa named by Tatiana Korshunova
- Taxa named by Alexander V. Martynov
- Taxa named by Torkild Bakken
- Taxa named by Jussi Evertsen
- Taxa named by Karin Fletcher
- Taxa named by I Wayan Mudianta
- Taxa named by Hiroshi Saito
- Taxa named by Kennet Lundin
- Taxa named by Michael Schrödl
- Taxa named by Bernard Picton