Verconia varians

Verconia varians
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Nudipleura; clade Nudibranchia; clade Euctenidiacea; clade Doridacea
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Verconia
Species:	V. varians
Binomial name
	Verconia varians; (Pease, 1871)
Synonyms
	Chromodoris gloriosa Bergh, 1874; Chromodoris varians Pease, 1871 (original combination); Noumea varians (Pease, 1871);

Verconia varians is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.^[1]

Distribution[]

This marine species is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific from Indonesia to the Hawaiian islands.^[2]

Body: translucent coloration with a segmented white stripe on the midline, a white mantle margin, and a magenta submarginal line.
Rhinophores: translucent base with orange tips
Gills: translucent base with magenta tips

This species is one of several chromodorids that vibrate their gills. Up to 20 mm in length.

^ 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. page(s): 143 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558469 on 2012-02-25
^ http://seaslugsofhawaii.com/species/Verconia-varians-a.html

Pease, W.H. 1871. Descriptions of new nudibranchiate Mollusca inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology 7: 11-20
Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp.

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