Coryphella lineata

Coryphella lineata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Coryphellidae.^[3]

Coryphella lineata
The nudibranch Coryphella lineata, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Superfamily:	Fionoidea
Family:	Coryphellidae
Genus:	Coryphella
Species:	C. lineata
Binomial name
Coryphella lineata (Lovén, 1846)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Aeolis argenteolineata Costa, 1866 Aeolis lineata Lovén, 1846 Fjordia lineata (Lovén, 1846) Flabellina lineata (Lovén, 1846)

Description

Coryphella lineata are commonly 20-30mm (2-3 cm) in length and are seen in a variety of colours, translucent white with either red, red-brown, yellow, or orange colouring of the digestive gland within the cerata.^[4]

Diet

This species feeds on hydroids such as Tubularia indivisa.^[5]

Distribution

Coryphella lineata can be found throughout the British Isles, and can also be found south as far as the Mediterranean Sea and north to Norway.^[4]