Corambe pacifica

Corambe pacifica from Santa Cruz, California with egg spirals on bryozoan on giant kelp
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Doridina
Superfamily:	Onchidoridoidea
Family:	Corambidae
Genus:	Corambe
Species:	C. pacifica
Binomial name
*Corambe pacifica* MacFarland & O'Donoghue, 1929
Synonyms
Quasicorambe pacifica (MacFarland & O'Donoghue, 1929)

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]

This species feeds on bryozoans.

Distribution

Corambe pacifica are found on the west coast of North America.

References

^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Corambe pacifica. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=535677 on 2016-05-21

Behrens, D.W. (1980). Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: A guide to the Opisthobranchs of the Northeastern Pacific. Sea challengers, Los Osos, California.
MacFarland, F.M.& O'Donoghue, C.H. (1929). A new species of Corambe from the Pacific coast of North America. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, fourth series, 18(1): 1-27.
Yoshioka, P.M. (1986). Life history patterns of the dorid nudibranchs Doridella steinbergaeand Corambe pacifica. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 31: 179-184.
Yoshioka, P.M. (1986). Competitive coexistence of the dorid nudibranchs Doridella steinbergae and Corambe pacifica. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 33: 81-88.