Coryphellina poenicia

Coryphellina poenicia is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, and a marine heterobranchia mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.^[2]

Coryphellina poenicia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Superfamily:	Fionoidea
Family:	Flabellinidae
Genus:	Coryphellina
Species:	C. poenicia
Binomial name
Coryphellina poenicia (Burn, 1957)[1]
Synonyms
Coryphellina poenicia Burn, 1957 Coryphellina poenicia aurantia Burn, 1962 Hervia poenicia Burn, 1957

Description

C. poenicia has a translucent body sometimes with a purplish tinge, and the jaw plates are visible within the head as two purple crescents. The cerata have a deep orange-red subapical band and the digestive gland is usually orange or yellow. The cnidosac is opaque white. The upper half of the rhinophores have papillae on the posterior side, though these can be absent in juveniles. It has a maximum length of 25mm.^[3]

Distribution

The species is widely distributed in Southeastern Australia from New South Wales to South Australia.^[3]