Verconia
| Verconia | |
|---|---|
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| Verconia romeri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Verconia Pruvot-Fol, 1931 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Verconia verconis Basedow & Hedley, 1905 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Noumea Risbec, 1928 | |
Verconia is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
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.[2][3]
Species
[edit]Species in the genus Verconia include:[2][4][5][6][7]
- 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[8]
- 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 Felimida 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
[edit]- ↑ Pruvot-Fol A. (1931-1932). Notes de systématique sur les opisthobranches. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. ser. 2, 3(3): 308-316 [March 1931]; 3(8): 746-755 [1932]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/244728#page/316/mode/1up
- 1 2 3 MolluscaBase (2026). Verconia Pruvot-Fol, 1931. Accessed on 2026-04-19.
- ↑ Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
- ↑ 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. pages: 137.
- ↑ Rudman W.B. (1988). The Chromodorididae (Ophistobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus Ceratosoma J.E. Gray. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 93 (1): 133-185. page(s): 181
- ↑ Rudman W. B. & Darvell B. W. (1990). "Opisthobranch molluscs of Hong Kong: Part 1. Goniodorididae, Onchidorididae, Triophidae, Gymnodorididae, Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia)". Asian Marine Biology 7: 31-79. pages: 54.
- ↑ Rudman W. B. (1990). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 263-326. pages: 295, 298.
- ↑ Gosliner T. M. (1994). "New species of Chromodoris and Noumea (Nudibranch: Chromodorididae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Southern Africa". Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 12 48:239-252
