Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Chromodorididae | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Doridoidea Genus Verconia | |
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Verconia protea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
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Distribution
Known only from Oudekraal and Vulcan Rock on the Cape Peninsula west coast and Pinnacle dive site near Gordon's Bay on the east side of False Bay. South African endemic.
Description
A small (15mm) dorid with a smooth salmon pink body and white dotted margin.
Ecology
Often found on an encrusting sponge of almost identical clour at depths of 8 to 10m.
References
Verconia protea Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA