Verconia purpurea
Appearance
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
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Species: | V. purpurea
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Verconia purpurea Baba, 1949
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Verconia purpurea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1][2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off subtropical Japan.
Description
The length of the body attains 20 mm.
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Ecology
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External links
References
- ^ Bieler, R. (2015). Verconia purpurea (Baba, 1949). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866661 on 2016-01-13
- ^ Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 245 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559971 on 2012-02-25
- Rudman, W. B. (1986). The Chromodorididae (Ophistobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Noumea purpurea and Chromodoris decora colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 86(4): 309-353.
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