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Verconia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Doridoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Chromodorididae

Rank
  
Genus

Verconia

Similar
  
Thorunna, Diversidoris crocea, Ardeadoris, Doriprismatica, Mexichromis

Verconia is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.

The host sponges for species in this genus are sponges in the genera Darwinella and Dendrilla.

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
  • 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

    Verconia Wikipedia