Coryphella monicae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae[3].

Coryphella monicae
The nudibranch, Gulenia monicae, at Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Flabellinidae
Genus: Coryphella
Species:
C. monicae
Binomial name
Coryphella monicae
Synonyms[2]
  • Gulenia monicae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017

Distribution

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Coryphella monicae was described from specimens collected at 10–30 m depth at Gulen Dive Centre, Norway, Atlantic Ocean, 60°57′28″N 5°07′42″E / 60.9578°N 5.1284°E / 60.9578; 5.1284.

References

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  1. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys. 717: 1-139.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Coryphella monicae (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-06-22.
  3. Ekimova I., Carmona L., Mikhlina AL., Grishina D., Stanovova M.V., Schepetov D.M., Hoover C., de Souza-Canal J., Kuznetsov K.O., Valdés A.; (2026). Neither "lumpers" nor "splitters": A global revision of Flabellinidae s.l. nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). PLoS One 21(5): e0347759.