WoRMS name details
Coryphella alexanderi Ekimova, 2022
1555657 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1555657)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ekimova I.A. (2022). A new species of the genus Coryphella (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) from the Kuril Islands. <em>Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal.</em> 32: 41-48.
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Note Sea of Okhotsk, Urup Is., 46°17.0’N,...
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Type locality Sea of Okhotsk, Urup Is., 46°17.0’N, 150°17.0’E, 148–198 m depth [details]
Etymology Named after the father of the author of this species (Alexander Ekimov)
Etymology Named after the father of the author of this species (Alexander Ekimov) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Coryphella alexanderi Ekimova, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1555657 on 2025-10-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Ekimova I.A. (2022). A new species of the genus Coryphella (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) from the Kuril Islands. <em>Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal.</em> 32: 41-48.
page(s): 44, fig. 2-4 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 44, fig. 2-4 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
status source
Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057
page(s): 75 [details] Available for editors
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From editor or global species database
Etymology Named after the father of the author of this species (Alexander Ekimov) [details]Type locality Sea of Okhotsk, Urup Is., 46°17.0’N, 150°17.0’E, 148–198 m depth [details]