Flabellina trophina or F. fusca?

October 17, 2001
From: Sandra Millen

Bill,
Concerning your query. Dr. Irene Roginskaya published on Coryphella fusca in 1964 and 1969 and in 1990 considered the species a junior synonym of Himatella trophina Bergh. The paper is in Russan with lots of radula illustrations including SEM photos. Sorry, I can't even translate the citation.
Sandra

millen@zoology.ubc.ca

Millen, S., 2001 (Oct 17) Flabellina trophina or F. fusca?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5483

Renamed Flabellina trophina - see 18 April 2003 message.

Thanks Sandra,
I have listed Irene Roginskaya's relevant papers below. I am inclined to agree with her synonymy. Before I do, I would appreciate any further comments from anyone familiar with these species.

• Roginskaya, I. S. (1986) Reader forum [Coryphella trophina]. Shells & Sea Life, 18(1): 17-18.
• Roginskaya, I. S. (1964) A large-sized nudibranch mollusc Coryphella fusca, O'Donoghue -- predator of small nudibranch molluscs -- Coryphella rufibranchialis Johnston and Cuthona sp. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 43(11): 1717-1719. [In Russian].
• Roginskaya, I. S. (1969) Taxonomy and ecology of the nudibranch mollusc Coryphella fusca. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 48: 1614-1617.
• Roginskaya, I. S. (1990) Data of feeding, distribution and synonymy of Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1894) (Nudibranchia: Gastropoda), pp. 47-57, 151-152, 156. In: A. P. Kuznetsov, [Ed.], Feeding and bioenergetics of marine bottom invertebrates. Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, 162 pp. [In Russian].

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Oct 17). Comment on Flabellina trophina or F. fusca? by Sandra Millen. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5483

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