Verconia closeorum is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1][2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Verconia |
Species: | V. closeorum
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Binomial name | |
Verconia closeorum William B. Rudman, 1986
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Distribution edit
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria
Description edit
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Ecology edit
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References edit
- ^ 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
- ^ 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