Coryphella

Coryphella is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs. It is the only genus in the family Coryphellidae.^[3]

Coryphella
Coryphella trilineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Superfamily:	Fionoidea
Family:	Coryphellidae Bergh, 1889[1]
Genus:	Coryphella M.E. Gray, 1850[2]
Synonyms[3]
(Genus) Borealea Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 Borealia Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 Fjordia Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 Gulenia Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 Himatella Bergh, 1890 Himatina Thiele, 1931 Itaxia Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 Microchlamylla Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 Occidentella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 Occidenthella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 Orientella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 Orienthella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017

Taxonomy

Coryphella was originally described in an 1850 paper, and included three original species; Coryphella landsburgii, Coryphella rufobranchialis, and Coryphella pellucida.^[2] The family Coryphellidae was first established in 1889 by Rudolph Bergh,^[1][3] and was re-established in a 2017 study.^[4] Molecular studies have found that many existing genera were actually synonymous with Coryphella, leading to many genera being merged.^[5]

Species

Species within the genus Coryphella are as follows:^[3][6]

• Coryphella abei Baba, 1987
• Coryphella alexanderi Ekimova, 2022
• Coryphella amabilis (Hirano & Kuzirian, 1991)
• Coryphella athadona Bergh, 1875
• Coryphella borealis Odhner, 1922
• Coryphella browni Picton, 1980
• Coryphella californica Bergh, 1904
• Coryphella capensis Thiele, 1925
• Coryphella chriskaugei (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
• Coryphella cooperi Cockerell, 1901
• Coryphella falklandica Eliot, 1907
• Coryphella fogata (Millen & Hermosillo, 2007)
• Coryphella gracilis (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
• Coryphella insolita (García-Gómez & Cervera, 1989)
• Coryphella lineata (Lovén, 1846)
• Coryphella monicae (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
• Coryphella nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1880
• Coryphella orjani (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
• Coryphella pallida A. E. Verrill, 1900
• Coryphella sanamyanae (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
• Coryphella trilineata O'Donoghue, 1921
• Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890)
• Coryphella verrucosa (M. Sars, 1829)
• Coryphella verta Ev. Marcus, 1970

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  Coryphella verrucosa, spawn, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway
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  Coryphella verrucosa, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway
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  Coryphella verrucosa, British Columbia
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  Coryphella verrucosa, Kenai Fjords national Park, Alaska