Coryphella sanamyanae
Species of gastropod
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Coryphella sanamyanae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Coryphella |
| Species: | C. sanamyanae |
| Binomial name | |
| Coryphella sanamyanae | |
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Etymology
Description
Coryphella sanamyanae has a relatively wide body with a narrow notum, and relatively short foot corners. Rhinophores and oral tentacles are similarly sized, the rhinophores themselves being "slightly wrinkled, robust". The cerata are long and fusiform with pointed apices, attached to the body continuously without forming clusters. The body is translucent white. The digestive gland diverticula is dark-red to pinkish, and fills a significant volume of the cerata. The cerata are capped with opaque white pigment.[1]
Distribution
Coryphella sanamyanae was described from a single specimen dredged in 17 m depth Matua Island, Middle Kurile Islands, North West Pacific Ocean.
