Noumea protea
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| Noumea protea | |
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| Two Noumea protea (top left, bottom right) on a sponge near Gordon's Bay, South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Noumea |
| Species: | N. protea |
| Binomial name | |
| Noumea protea Gosliner, 1994 | |
Noumea protea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
Distribution
Known only from Oudekraal and Vulcan Rock on the Cape Peninsula west coast and Pinnacle dive site near Gordon's Bay on the east side of False Bay. South African endemic.[2]
Description
A small (15mm) dorid with a smooth salmon pink body and white dotted margin.[2]
Ecology
Often found on an encrusting sponge of almost identical clour at depths of 8 to 10m.[2]
References
- ↑ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 204 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=562472 on 2012-02-25
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Zsilavecz, G. 2007. Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. SURG, Cape Town. ISBN 0-620-38054-3
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