Verconia purpurea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1][2] It was first described in 1949 by Kikutaro Baba as Noumea purpurea.[3][4]
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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
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| Verconia purpurea Baba, 1949
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The length of the body attains 20 mm.
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off subtropical Japan.[5] It is also found on the Great Barrier Reef.[3]
References
edit- ^ "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
- ^ a b "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. [55, 144-145]
- ^ 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
edit- 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
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- "Noumea purpurea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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