Verconia purpurea Description
Verconia purpurea (Baba, 1949) (synonym: Noumea_purpurea)
Date 30 June 2011, 04:08
Source Noumea_purpurea http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_childs/5911545986/
Author Steve Childs from Lancaster, UK http://www.flickr.com/people/11076453@N00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noumea_purpurea_(5911545986).jpg
Verconia purpurea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. This marine species occurs off subtropical Japan. The length of the body attains 20 mm. Order: Nudibranchia, Superfamily: Doridoidea, Family: Chromodorididae, Genus: Verconia, Species: Verconia purpurea Baba, 1949.