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Corambe steinbergae; (shown with Membranipora membranacea)   

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Corambe steinbergae
Corambe steinbergae
(shown with Membranipora membranacea)
Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0505 0592 (2005-05-07)

Copyright © 2005 California Academy of Sciences

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  between 1980 and 1985
  • latitude 36.81856   longitude -121.79270   max error distance 26012 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)
  • family Corambidae
  • order Nudibranchia
  • class Gastropoda
  • habitat  On bryozoan Membranipora
  • notes   This dorid nudibranch is a voracious predator of the bryozoan Membranipora and thus found on blades of giant kelp and on eel grass. It's almost pertfect camouflage may help protect it from predators such as fish.
  • camera   Olympus system for macrophotography
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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    1. Reviewed by Gary McDonald    Sep 24, 2009

    Action: changed name from "Doridella steinbergae" to "Corambe steinbergae "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "Doridella steinbergae was moved to Cormabe steinbergae, see: MARTYNOV, A. V. 1994a. Materials for the revision of nudibranchiate molluscs of the family Corambidae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) taxonomy. Part 2. The origin. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 73(11):36-43. [In Russian]."

     
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