| Verconia purpurea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Verconia |
| Species: | V. purpurea |
| Binomial name | |
| Verconia purpurea Baba, 1949 | |
Verconia purpurea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. It was first described in 1949 by Kikutaro Baba as Noumea purpurea.
The length of the body attains 20 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off subtropical Japan. It is also found on the Great Barrier Reef.
References
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Verconia purpurea (Baba, 1949)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 245 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559971 on 2012-02-25
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Noumea purpurea". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- Baba, K. 1949. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Tokyo : Iwanami Shoten 194 pp.
- Clench, W.J. (1945). "Review of Baba, Kikutaro 1949: Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay Collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan". Occasional Papers on Mollusks. 1 (15): 404.
Further reading
- W. B. Rudman (April 1986). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Noumea purpurea and Chromodoris decora colour groups". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 86 (4): 309–353. doi:10.1111/J.1096-3642.1986.TB01814.X. ISSN 1096-3642. Wikidata Q54666517.
External links
- "Noumea purpurea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Verconia purpurea | |
| Noumea purpurea | |
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