Corambe is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in family Corambidae within the superfamily Onchidoridoidea.
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<small> (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967)</small>
- Corambe carambola <small> Er. Marcus, 1955</small>
- Corambe evelinae <small>Er. Marcus, 1958</small>
- Corambe lucea <small>Er. Marcus, 1959 </small>
- Corambe mancorensis <small>Martynov, Brenzinger, Hooker & Schrödl, 2011</small>
- Corambe obscura <small>(A. E. Verrill, 1870)</small>
- Corambe osculabundus <small>Ortea & Caballer, 2018</small>
- Corambe pacifica <small>MacFarland & O'Donoghue, 1929</small>
- Corambe sp. crazed nudibranch
- Corambe steinbergae <small>(Lance, 1962) </small> (synonym of Doridella steinbergae <small> (Lance, 1962)</small>)
- Corambe testudinaria <small>H. Fischer, 1889</small>
Species synonymised or transferred to other genera
- Corambe baratariae <small>(Harry, 1953)</small>: synonym of Corambe obscura
- Corambe batava <small> Kerbert, 1886</small>: synonym of Corambe obscura <small>(A. E. Verrill, 1870)</small>
- Corambe depressa <small>Adams, 1847 </small>
- Corambe fusca <small> Adams, 1847 </small>
- Corambe sargassicola <small> Bergh, 1871 </small> (type species): synonym of Corambe obscura
- Corambe thompsoni <small> Millen & Nybakken, 1991</small>: synonym of Loy thompsoni <small>(Millen & Nybakken, 1991)</small>
In 1994 it became a synonym of Psammodoris thompsoni <small> (Millen & Nybakken, 1991)</small> and in 1998 synonym of Loy thompsoni <small>(Millen & Nybakken, 1991)</small>.
References
- Bergh, L. S. R. (1869). Bidrag til kundskab om Phyllidierne, en anatomisk undersogelse. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. ser. 3, 5(3): 357âÂÂ542, pls 14âÂÂ24.
- 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: 180âÂÂ213.
- Martynov A. & Schrödl M. (2011) Phylogeny and evolution of corambid nudibranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 585âÂÂ604.
- 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