Noumea (gastropod)

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Noumea
A live individual of Noumea romeri, in situ, head end towards the lower left
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Noumea
Risbec, 1928[1]
Type species
Noumea romeri Risbec, 1928
Synonyms

Verconia Pruvot-Fol, 1931

Noumea is a genus of colorful sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Species

Species in the genus Noumea include:[3]

Species brought into synonymy:
  • Noumea angustolutea Rudman, 1990: synonym of Ardeadoris angustolutea (Rudman, 1990)
  • Noumea cameroni Burn, 1966: synonym of Noumea haliclona (Burn, 1957)
  • Noumea closei Rudman, 1986: synonym of Noumea closeorum Rudman, 1986
  • Noumea crocea Rudman, 1986: synonym of Diversidoris crocea (Rudman, 1986)
  • Noumea flava (Eliot, 1904): synonym of Diversidoris flava (Eliot, 1904)
  • Noumea margaretae Burn, 1966: synonym of Noumea haliclona (Burn, 1957)
  • Noumea regalis Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2001: synonym of Chromodoris regalis (Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2001)
  • Noumea sulphurea Rudman, 1986: synonym of Diversidoris sulphurea (Rudman, 1986)
  • Noumea violacea Risbec, 1930: synonym of Hallaxa indecora (Bergh, 1905)

References

  1. Risbec (1928). Faune Colonies franç., 2, fasc. 1: 165.
  2. Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P. (2011). Noumea Risbec, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206191 on 22 April 2012
  3. http://www.seaslugforum.net/search.cfm?searchstring=Noumea
  4. Gosliner T. M. (1994). "New species of Chromodoris and Noumea (Nudibranch: Chromodorididae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Southern Africa". Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 12 48:239-252

Further reading

  • 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. pages: 137.
  • Rudman W.B. (1988). The Chromodorididae (Ophistobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus Ceratosoma J.E. Gray. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 93 (1): 133-185. page(s): 181
  • Rudman W. B. & Darvell B. W. (1990). "Opisthobranch molluscs of Hong Kong: Part 1. Goniodorididae, Onchidorididae, Triophidae, Gymnodorididae, Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia)". Asian Marine Biology 7: 31-79. pages: 54.
  • Rudman W. B. (1990). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 263-326. pages: 295, 298.

External links

Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479


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