Verconia protea | |
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Two Verconia protea (top left, bottom right) on a sponge near Gordon's Bay, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Verconia |
Species: | V. protea |
Binomial name | |
Verconia protea Gosliner, 1994 | |
Synonyms | |
Noumea proteaGosliner, 1994 |
Verconia protea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [1] [2]
Known only from Oudekraal and Vulcan Rock on the Cape Peninsula west coast and Pinnacle dive site near Gordon's Bay on the east side of False Bay. South African endemic. [3]
A small (15mm) dorid with a smooth salmon pink body and white dotted margin. [3]
Often found on an encrusting sponge of almost identical colour at depths of 8 to 10m. [3]
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