Verconia closeorum

Verconia closeorum is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1][2]

Verconia closeorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Doridoidea
Family:
Chromodorididae
Genus:
Verconia
Species:
V. closeorum
Binomial name
Verconia closeorum
Synonyms
  • Noumea closei Rudman, 1986 (incorrect original spelling)
  • Noumea closeorum Rudman, 1986

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria

Description

Ecology

References
  1. Bieler, R. (2015). Verconia closeorum (Rudman, 1986). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866652 on 2016-01-13
  2. Rudman W.B. (1986c) The Chromodorididae (Ophistobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Noumea flava color group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 88: 307-404. page(s): 391 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533930 on 2012-02-25


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