Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Coryphellina marcusorum (Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990)

Nudibranquio, Nudibranchia

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Nudibranchia

Suborder
Dexiarchia

Superfamily
Flabellinoidea

Family
Flabellinidae

Genus
Coryphellina

Species
marcusorum

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Flabellina marcusorum Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Caribbean Sea, Colombia, Costa Rica (Horton et al., 2021) (F. marcusorum) Baja California, Brasil and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

References

  • Calder, D.R. Mallinson, J.J., Collins, K. & Hickman, C.P. (2003) Additions to the Hydroids (Cnidaria) of the Galapagos, with a List of Species Reported from the Islands. J. Nat. Hist. 37:1173-1218.
  • Carlton, J. T. Keith, I., & Ruiz, G. M. (2019) Assessing marine bioinvasions in the Galápagos islands: Implications for conservation biology and marine protected areas. Aquatic Invasions, 14(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2019.14.1.01
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

You are welcome to download and use the information found in this page, acknowledging its source.

This page should be cited as follows:

"Galapagos Species Database, Coryphellina marcusorum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19749. Accessed 31 October 2026.