Verconia haliclona Sponge Noumea

Sponge Noumea,Blairgowrie 2020

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lexID:: 11024
AphiaID:: 866654

Scientific:: Verconia haliclona
German:: Schwamm Nacktschnecke, Haliclona Verconia
English:: Sponge Noumea

Category:: Nakensnäckor

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Verconia (Genus) > haliclona (Species)
Initial determination:: (Burn, ), 1957

Occurrence:: Australia, Endemic species, Tasmania (Australia)
Sea depth:: 0 - 20 Meter
Size:: 0" - 0.39" (0,6cm - 1,8cm)
Food:: Food specialist, Sponges
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Verconia alboannulata
Weißring-Noumea
Verconia aureopunctata
Gold-gepunktete Verconia
Verconia catalai
Verconia closeorum
Nacktschnecke
Verconia decussata
Nacktschnecke
Verconia haliclona
Schwamm Nacktschnecke, Haliclona Verconia
Verconia hongkongiensis
Hongkong Verconia
Verconia laboutei
Nacktschnecke
Verconia nivalis
Nacktschnecke
Verconia norba
Norba Nacktschnecke
Verconia parva
Verconia protea
Protea Regenbogen Verconia
Verconia purpurea
Verconia romeri
Nacktschnecke
Verconia simplex
Simple Noumea
Verconia spencerensis
Verconia subnivalis
Verconia sudanica
Rotmeer Verconia
Verconia varians
Variable Noumea
Verconia verconiforma
Nacktschnecke
Verconia verconis
Rosenschwamm-Schnecke, Vercos Verconis

More related species in this lexicon:

Verconia sp. 01
Nacktschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-09-03 13:07:34
Last edit:: 2017-09-03 14:28:40

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Verconia haliclona (Burn, 1957)

The body colour range from yellow to red, scattered with red or orange spots. With a red or orange mark on the front of the rhinophore club. Verconia haliclona feeds on on a range of pink and yellow aplysillid sponges.

This species is endemic to Australia.

Synonyme:
Glossodoris haliclona Burn, 1957
Noumea cameroni Burn, 1966
Noumea haliclona (Burn, 1957)
Noumea margaretae Burn, 1966

External links

Molluscs of Tasmania (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Spawn

Noumea haliclona,Flinders Pier-Nudibranchs laying eggs, Australia 2008

Commonly

CMHurwood_Verconia haliclona_Portsea pier_October 05, 2019

CMHurwood_Portsea_verconia haliclona_March 16, 2019

3 Nudibranch stacked up together. Noumea verconis and Noumea haliclona, 2018

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