Verconia decussata Nudibranch

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Verconia decussata (Risbec, 1928). This species usually shows a midlateral bulge in the body. That's this specimen's egg mass over to the right.

Courtesy of the author Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater . Please visit www.underwaterkwaj.com for more information.

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lexID:: 8196
AphiaID:: 866653

Scientific:: Verconia decussata
German:: Nacktschnecke
English:: Nudibranch

Category:: Nakensnäckor

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Verconia (Genus) > decussata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Risbec, ), 1928

Occurrence:: Australia, Japan, Philippines, Western Pacific Ocean
Size:: up to 0.39" (1 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
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 Verconia
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:: 2015-03-28 16:33:59
Last edit:: 2017-04-25 20:13:08

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Verconia decussata (Risbec, 1928)

Verconia decussata is white, sometimes with yellow specks.Rhinophore clubs are red and the gills are translucent cwith a red line along the inside edge. The body have a cross-like appearance.

Verconia decussata feeds exclusively on sponges genus Aplysilla.

Very similar is Verconia simplex (the manzle is red to white with a orange-red mantle margin).

Synonyme:
Glossodoris decussata
Noumea decussata
Thorunna decussata

External links

Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
UnderwaterKwaj, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Spawn

Verconia decussata (Risbec, 1928). This species usually shows a midlateral bulge in the body. That's this specimen's egg mass over to the right.

Commonly

Verconia decussata on Aplysilla sulfurea

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