2026 · Photo: Boaz Liebes
Coryphellina flamma
Philippines · Indo Pacific - South China Sea
- Size
- 13–25 mm
- Depth
- 6–10 m
- Native range
- Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Vietnam, the Philippines, the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia
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Description
A flabellinid aeolid described in 2022 from Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam, splitting part of the Coryphellina rubrolineata complex. Its name means 'flame', after the banded colours of its cerata.
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Identification
Translucent white body with opaque white opalescent patches, including beneath the ceratal groups. Three pink dorsal lines that merge at the tail. Cerata in up to seven groups per side, banded salmon-pink and peachy-orange to reddish-brown, with light pink tips. Rhinophores with orange papillae and a violet-red subapical ring.
Similar species
Other members of the Coryphellina rubrolineata complex look similar; flame-banded cerata and white patches beneath the ceratal groups help separate C. flamma, but DNA may be needed.
Habitat & diet
Habitat
On hydroids on rocks and vertical walls in exposed conditions, around 6–10 m.
Food
Hydroids, like other Coryphellina.
