Coryphellina exoptata
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coryphellina exoptata, which can be translated as the much-desired flabellina or desirable flabellina, is a species of colourful sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[2]
| Coryphellina exoptata | |
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| Coryphellina exoptata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Coryphellina |
| Species: | C. exoptata |
| Binomial name | |
| Coryphellina exoptata Gosliner & Willan, 1991[1] | |
This species was described from Madang, Papua New Guinea.[1] Coryphellina exoptata is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific.[2]
Coryphellina exoptata is typically about 30 millimetres (1.2 in) in length when mature[1] but can reach 48 millimetres (1.9 in).[2]
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