Verconia simplex Simple Noumea

Verconia simplex Tanzania 2021

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lexID:: 7003
AphiaID:: 866663

Scientific:: Verconia simplex
German:: Simple Noumea
English:: Simple Noumea

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Verconia (Genus) > simplex (Species)
Initial determination:: (Pease, ), 1871

Occurrence:: Indian Ocean, Japan, Okinawa, Pacific Ocean, Red Sea, Western Pacific Ocean
Size:: up to 0.47" (1.2 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Sponges
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Verconia alboannulata
Weißring-Noumea
Verconia aureopunctata
Gold-gepunktete Verconia
Verconia catalai
Verconia closeorum
Nacktschnecke
Verconia decussata
Nacktschnecke
Verconia haliclona
Schwamm Nacktschnecke, Haliclona Verconia
Verconia hongkongiensis
Hongkong Verconia
Verconia laboutei
Nacktschnecke
Verconia nivalis
Nacktschnecke
Verconia norba
Norba Nacktschnecke
Verconia parva
Verconia protea
Protea Regenbogen Verconia
Verconia purpurea
Verconia romeri
Nacktschnecke
Verconia simplex
Simple Noumea
Verconia spencerensis
Verconia subnivalis
Verconia sudanica
Rotmeer Verconia
Verconia varians
Variable Noumea
Verconia verconiforma
Nacktschnecke
Verconia verconis
Rosenschwamm-Schnecke, Vercos Verconis

More related species in this lexicon:

Verconia sp. 01
Nacktschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-04-13 13:40:34
Last edit:: 2014-04-13 13:40:34

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Verconia simplex (Pease, 1871)

Verconia simplex is white, pink or pink with a dotted line in colour. Rhinophores are orange. Verconia simplex feeds on sponges (Darwin Ella sp.).

Very similar is Verconia decussata with a white mantle (sometimes with yellow spots) and a cross-like appearance.

Synonymised names:
Chromodoris simplex Pease, 1871 · unaccepted (original combination)
Hypselodoris kayae D. K. Young, 1967 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Noumea simplex (Pease, 1871) · unaccepted

External links

Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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