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Verconia romeri

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Verconia romeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Verconia
Species:
V. romeri
Binomial name
Verconia romeri
Risbec, 1928
Synonyms

Noumea romeri Risbec, 1928

Verconia romeri is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1][2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Australia and New Caledonia.

Description

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Ecology

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References

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  1. ^ Verconia romeri (Risbec, 1928). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866662 on 2016-01-13
  2. ^ Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 138 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558463 on 2012-02-25
  • Risbec, J. 1928. Contribution à l’étude des nudibranches Néo-Calédoniens. Faune des Colonies Françaises 2(1): 1–328
  • Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp.