Corambe Explained

Corambe is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in family Corambidae within the superfamily Onchidoridoidea.^{[1] [2]}

Species in this genus show a characteristic posterior notch in the notum (which is lacking in some taxa) and a characteristic gill morphology, especially the presence of ventral gills.

Habitat

These nudibranchs occur in littoral and sublittoral temperate waters of the northern and southern hemispheres.

General description

They are mostly small (between 5 and 10 mm) and rather hard to find because they are very well camouflaged. They prey on encrusting bryozoans.

Species

Species within the genus Corambe include:

• Corambe burchi (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967)
• Corambe carambola Er. Marcus, 1955
• Corambe evelinae Er. Marcus, 1958
• Corambe lucea Er. Marcus, 1959
• Corambe mancorensis Martynov, Brenzinger, Hooker & Schrödl, 2011
• Corambe obscura (A. E. Verrill, 1870)
• Corambe osculabundus Ortea & Caballer, 2018
• Corambe pacifica MacFarland & O'Donoghue, 1929
• Corambe sp. crazed nudibranch^[3]
• Corambe steinbergae (Lance, 1962) (synonym of Doridella steinbergae (Lance, 1962))
• Corambe testudinaria H. Fischer, 1889

Species synonymised or transferred to other genera

• Corambe baratariae (Harry, 1953): synonym of Corambe obscura
• Corambe batava Kerbert, 1886: synonym of Corambe obscura (A. E. Verrill, 1870)
• Corambe depressa Adams, 1847
• Corambe fusca Adams, 1847
• Corambe sargassicola Bergh, 1871 (type species): synonym of Corambe obscura
• Corambe thompsoni Millen & Nybakken, 1991: synonym of Loy thompsoni (Millen & Nybakken, 1991)

In 1994 it became a synonym of Psammodoris thompsoni (Millen & Nybakken, 1991)^[4] and in 1998 synonym of Loy thompsoni (Millen & Nybakken, 1991).^[5]

References

• Bergh, L. S. R. (1869). Bidrag til kundskab om Phyllidierne, en anatomisk undersogelse. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. ser. 3, 5(3): 357–542, pls 14–24.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213.
• Martynov A. & Schrödl M. (2011) Phylogeny and evolution of corambid nudibranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 585–604.
• Caballer M. & Ortea J., 2018. A rare new species of Corambe Bergh, 1869 (Mollusca: Gastropoda:Nudibranchia) from the Caribbean Sea, with a review of the taxonomical history of the Corambidae Bergh, 1871. Marine Biodiversity

External links

• http://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 25 August 2009
• Swennen, C. . R. Dekker. Corambe batava Kerbert, 1886 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia), an immigrant in the Netherlands, with a revision of the family Corambidae. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 1995. 61. 97–107 . 10.1093/mollus/61.1.97.
• Verrill A.E. 1870. Contributions to zoölogy from the museum of Yale College. Nº 8.– Descriptions of some New England Nudibranchiata. American Journal of Science and Arts, (2) 50: 405-408.
• Sea Slug Forum species list

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2016). Corambe Bergh, 1869. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137839 on 2016-05-21
2. Bouchet, P. . Rocroi, J.-P. . 2005 . Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families . Malacologia . 47 . 1–2 .
3. Gosliner T. M. (1987) Nudibranchs of Southern Africa.
4. Martynov, A.V.. Materials for the revision of nudibranchiate molluscs of the family Corambidae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) Taxonomy. Communication 1. Zoologichesky Zhurnal. 1994a. 73. 10. 3–14.
5. Vandes, Angel . P. Bouchet. A blind abyssal Corambidae (Mollusca,Nudibranchia) from the Norwegian Sea, with a reevaluation of the systematics of the family. Sardia. 1998. 83. 1. 15–20.