''Verconia'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
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s, dorid
nudibranch
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s, shell-less
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Chromodorididae
Chromodorididae, or chromodorids, are a taxonomic family of colourful sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea. “Chromodorid nudibranchs are among the most gorgeously coloured of all animals.†...
.
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''Verconia'' Pruvot-Fol, 1931.
Accessed on 2018-12-25.
The host sponges for species in this genus are sponges in the genera ''
Darwinella'' and ''
Dendrilla
''Dendrilla'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Darwinellidae
Darwinellidae is a family of sponges in the order Dendroceratida.
Species
* Genus ''Aplysilla'' Schulze, 1878
** ''Aplysilla arctica'' Laubenfels, 1948
** ''Aplysilla ...
''.
''Noumea''
Risbec, 1928 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) is a junior homonym of ''Noumea''
Fauvel, 1874 (Arthropoda: Coleoptera), a name in current use. ''Verconia''
Pruvot-Fol, 1931 was recognized as a synonym of ''Noumea''
Risbec by Johnson & Gosliner (2012) and is here used for species of the chromodoridid group previously known as ''Noumea''.
Species
Species in the genus ''Verconia'' include:
* ''
Verconia alboannulata'' Rudman, 1986
* ''
Verconia aureopunctata'' Rudman, 1987
* ''
Verconia catalai'' Rudman, 1990
* ''
Verconia closeorum'' Rudman, 1986
* ''
Verconia decussata'' Risbec, 1928
* ''
Verconia haliclona'' Burn, 1957
* ''
Verconia hongkongiensis'' Rudman, 1990
* ''
Verconia laboutei'' Rudman, 1986
* ''
Verconia nivalis'' Baba, 1937
* ''
Verconia norba'' Marcus & Marcus, 1970
* ''
Verconia parva'' (Baba, 1949)
* ''
Verconia protea'' Gosliner, 1994
[Gosliner T. M. (1994). "New species of ''Chromodoris'' and ''Noumea'' (Nudibranch: Chromodorididae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Southern Africa". '' Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.'' 12 48:239-252]
* ''
Verconia purpurea'' Baba, 1949
* ''
Verconia romeri'' Risbec, 1928 - type species
* ''
Verconia simplex'' Pease, 1871
* ''
Verconia spencerensis'' Rudman, 1987
* ''
Verconia subnivalis'' Baba, 1987
* ''
Verconia sudanica'' Rudman, 1985
* ''
Verconia varians'' Pease, 1871
* ''
Verconia verconiforma'' Rudman, 1995
* ''
Verconia verconis''
Basedow & Hedley, 1905
: Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Noumea angustolutea'' Rudman, 1990: synonym of ''
Ardeadoris angustolutea'' (Rudman, 1990)
* ''Noumea cameroni'' Burn, 1966: synonym of ''
Verconia haliclona'' (Burn, 1957)
* ''Noumea closei'' Rudman, 1986: synonym of ''
Verconia closeorum'' Rudman, 1986
* ''Noumea crocea'' Rudman, 1986: synonym of ''
Diversidoris crocea'' (Rudman, 1986)
* ''Noumea flava'' (Eliot, 1904): synonym of ''
Diversidoris flava'' (Eliot, 1904)
* ''Noumea margaretae'' Burn, 1966: synonym of ''
Verconia haliclona'' (Burn, 1957)
* ''Noumea regalis'' Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2001: synonym of ''
Chromodoris regalis'' (Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2001)
* ''Noumea sulphurea'' Rudman, 1986: synonym of ''
Diversidoris sulphurea'' (Rudman, 1986)
* ''Noumea violacea'' Risbec, 1930: synonym of ''
Hallaxa indecora'' (Bergh, 1905)
References
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Chromodorididae
Taxa named by Alice Pruvot-Fol