Corambe pacifica
Species of gastropod
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Corambe pacifica, the Pacific corambe, is a species of sea slug, an Eastern Pacific Ocean nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Corambidae.[1]
| Corambe pacifica | |
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| Corambe pacifica from Santa Cruz, California with egg spirals on bryozoan on giant kelp | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Corambidae |
| Genus: | Corambe |
| Species: | C. pacifica |
| Binomial name | |
| Corambe pacifica MacFarland & O'Donoghue, 1929 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Quasicorambe pacifica (MacFarland & O'Donoghue, 1929) | |
This species feeds on bryozoans.
Distribution
Corambe pacifica are found on the west coast of North America.
