Coryphella


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

Taxonomy

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

Species

Species within the genus Coryphella are as follows:Coryphella abei Baba, 1987Coryphella alexanderi Ekimova, 2022Coryphella amabilis Coryphella athadona Bergh, 1875Coryphella borealis Odhner, 1922Coryphella browni Picton, 1980Coryphella californica Bergh, 1904Coryphella capensis Thiele, 1925Coryphella chriskaugei Coryphella cooperi Cockerell, 1901Coryphella falklandica Eliot, 1907Coryphella fogata Coryphella gracilis Coryphella insolita Coryphella lineata Coryphella monicae Coryphella nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1880Coryphella orjani Coryphella pallida A. E. Verrill, 1900Coryphella sanamyanae Coryphella trilineata O'Donoghue, 1921Coryphella trophina Coryphella verrucosa Coryphella verta Ev. Marcus, 1970