Noumea was previously a genus of colorful sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.
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 in the genus Noumea include:
All these have become synonyms in the genus Verconia.
Noumea alboannulata Rudman, 1986
Noumea aureopunctata Rudman, 1987
Noumea catalai Rudman, 1990
Noumea closeorum Rudman, 1986 - synonym: Noumea closei Rudman, 1986
Noumea decussata Risbec, 1928
Noumea haliclona Burn, 1957 - synonyms: Noumea cameroni Burn, 1966; Noumea margaretae Burn, 1966
Noumea hongkongensis Rudman, 1990
Noumea laboutei Rudman, 1986
Noumea nivalis Baba, 1937
Noumea norba Marcus & Marcus, 1970
Noumea protea Gosliner, 1994
Noumea purpurea Baba, 1949
Noumea romeri Risbec, 1928 - type species
Noumea simplex]] Pease, 1871
Noumea spencerensis Rudman, 1987
Noumea subnivalis Baba, 1987
Noumea sudanica Rudman, 1985
Noumea varians Pease, 1871
Noumea verconiforma Rudman, 1995
Noumea verconis (Basedow & Hedley, 1905)
Species brought into synonymy:
Noumea angustolutea Rudman, 1990: synonym of Ardeadoris angustolutea (Rudman, 1990)
Noumea cameroni Burn, 1966: synonym of Noumea haliclona (Burn, 1957)
Noumea closei Rudman, 1986: synonym of Noumea 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 Noumea 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)
