Corambe is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in family Corambidae within the superfamily Onchidoridoidea.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
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 nudibranchGosliner T. M. (1987) Nudibranchs of Southern Africa. 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) and in 1998 synonym of Loy thompsoni (Millen & Nybakken, 1991).
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
https://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 25 August 2009
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