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Description
Verconia is a genus of dorid nudibranchs in the family Chromodorididae. Species were formerly placed under Noumea; according to the Australian Faunal Directory, Noumea is a junior homonym and Verconia is the accepted name. Species occur in Australian waters, and V. sudanica is endemic to the Red Sea. According to Wikipedia, the host sponges of its species belong to the genera Darwinella and Dendrilla.
Identification
Small chromodorids, often white. In V. sudanica (15 to 20 mm) the back is white with pits and a narrow yellow margin, with nine simple white gill plumes and nine to eleven lamellae on the rhinophores. The sources do not give a clear external diagnosis separating the genus from similar white chromodorids.
Species in this genus (2)
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