Corambe steinbergae

Corambe steinbergae is a species of sea slug, an Eastern Pacific Ocean nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Corambidae.[1] [2]

Corambe steinbergae
Corambe steinbergae from Santa Cruz, California. Note the lack of posterior notch in the mantle skirt
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Corambidae
Genus:
Corambe
Species:
C. steinbergae

MacFarland & O'Donoghue, 1929
Binomial name
Corambe steinbergae
Synonyms
  • Corambella bolini MacFarland, 1966
  • Corambella steinbergae Lance, 1962 (original combination)
  • Doridella steinbergae Lance, 1962 (original combination)

This species feeds on bryozoans.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Northeastern Pacific from Alaska to Baja California, Mexico.[2]

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Corambe steinbergae (Lance, 1962). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=535679 on 2016-05-21
  2. P.I., jurisdiction=New South Wales; corporateName=Australian Museum; author=Rudman, W.B., Firminger (2010-07-15). "The Sea Slug Forum - Corambe steinbergae". www.seaslugforum.net. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  3. "Steinberg's Corambe (Corambe steinbergae)". iNaturalist.org. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  • Behrens, D.W. & Hermosillo, A. (1980). Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs: A guide to the Opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
  • Lance, J. R. (1962) A new Stiliger and a new Corambella (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) from the northwestern Pacific. The Veliger, 5(1): 33-38, pl. 6.
  • Valdes, Angel, & P. Bouchet. (1998) A blind abyssal Corambidae (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) from the Norwegian Sea, with a reevaluation of the systematics of the family. Sarsia, 83(1): 15-20.
  • Yoshioka, P.M. (1986). Life history patterns of the dorid nudibranchs Doridella steinbergae and Corambe pacifica. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 31: 179-184.
  • Yoshioka, P.M. (1986). Competitive coexistence of the dorid nudibranchs Doridella steinbergae and Corambe pacifica. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 33: 81-88.
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