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==Description== |
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''Verconia haliclona'' may appear in multiple colours, with majority of specimens having a pink or white body accompanied with varying shades of red and orange spots. The rhinophores of the slug are a lighter shade or similar colour to its body. The length of the body varies between 6 mm and 18 mm. |
''Verconia haliclona'' may appear in multiple colours, with majority of specimens having a pink or white body accompanied with varying shades of red and orange spots. The rhinophores of the slug are a lighter shade or similar colour to its body. The length of the body varies between 6 mm and 18 mm. |
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Revision as of 05:21, 21 March 2023
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | V. haliclona
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| Verconia haliclona (Burn, 1957)
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Verconia haliclona is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1][2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs at depths between 0–20 m off New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.
Description
Verconia haliclona may appear in multiple colours, with majority of specimens having a pink or white body accompanied with varying shades of red and orange spots. The rhinophores of the slug are a lighter shade or similar colour to its body. The length of the body varies between 6 mm and 18 mm.
Ecology
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References
- ^ Bieler, R. (2015). Verconia haliclona (Burn, 1957). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866654 on 2016-01-13
- ^ Rudman W.B. (1983) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris splendida, C. aspersa and Hypselodoris placida colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 78: 105-173. page(s): 126 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533932 on 2012-02-25
- Burn, R. 1957. On some Opisthobranchia from Victoria. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1(1): 11–29
- Burn, R. 1966. On three new Chromodoridinae from Australia (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia). The Veliger 8: 191–197
- Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42
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