Verconia

Genus of gastropods

Verconia

A live individual of Verconia romeri, in situ, head end towards the lower left
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Order:  | Nudibranchia
Family:  | Chromodorididae
Genus:  | Verconia
Pruvot-Fol, 1931 [1]
Type species
Verconia verconis

Basedow & Hedley, 1905

Synonyms

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

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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 Chromodoris 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

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1. ^ 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
2. ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Verconia Pruvot-Fol, 1931. Accessed on 2018-12-25.
3. ^ 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
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ 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
6. ^ 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.
7. ^ 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.
8. ^ 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

Taxon identifiers

Verconia|

* Wikidata: Q7921009
* Wikispecies: Verconia
* ADW: Verconia
* AFD: Verconia
* BOLD: 942295
* CoL: 7PKQK
* GBIF: 4596925
* iNaturalist: 494044
* IRMNG: 1278947
* NCBI: 460728
* Open Tree of Life: 271736
* WoRMS: 533937

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