Coryphellina poenicia

Nudibranchs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth3–11 m
Water temperature16–21 °C
Best monthsSeptember
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christopher Mark · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Coryphellina poenicia is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, and a marine heterobranchia mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Coryphellina poenicia”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 20 records
February: 12 records
March: 21 records
April: 20 records
May: 15 records
June: 20 records
July: 48 records
August: 56 records
September: 124 records
October: 64 records
November: 20 records
December: 28 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–11 m · Deepest record: 16.5 m

0–10 m: 15 records
10–20 m: 7 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–21 °C

14–16 °C: 48 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 8 records

Photos

(c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christopher Mark · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christopher Mark · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christopher Mark · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Flabellina poenicia, Hervia poenicia

Similar species

Desirable Flabellina
Coryphellina exoptata
Purple Flabellina
Coryphellina rubrolineata
Coryphellina delicata
Coryphellina flamma
Coryphellina lotos
Coryphellina pseudolotos

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
88 open-data records from 1956 to 2022.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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