Noumea (gastropod)

Noumea (gastropod)
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

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

Contents

Species

Species in the genus Noumea include:[3]

  • Noumea alboannulata Rudman, 1986
  • Noumea angustolutea Rudman, 1990
  • Noumea aureopunctata Rudman, 1987
  • Noumea catalai Rudman, 1990
  • Noumea closeorum Rudman, 1986 - synonym: Noumea closei Rudman, 1986
  • Noumea crocea Rudman]], 1986
  • Noumea decussata Risbec, 1928
  • Noumea flava Eliot, 1904
  • Noumea haliclona Burn, 1957 - synonyms: Noumea cameroni Burn, 1966; Noumea margaretae Burn, 1966
  • Noumea hongkongiensis Rudman, 1990
  • Noumea laboutei Rudman, 1986
  • Noumea nivalis Baba, 1937
  • Noumea norba Marcus & Marcus, 1970
  • Noumea protea Gosliner, 1994[4]
  • Noumea purpurea Baba, 1949
  • Noumea regalis Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2001
  • Noumea romeri Risbec, 1928 - type species
  • Noumea simplex Pease, 1871
  • Noumea spencerensis Rudman, 1987
  • Noumea subnivalis Baba, 1987
  • Noumea sudanica Rudman, 1985
  • Noumea sulphurea Rudman, 1986
  • Noumea varians Pease, 1871
  • Noumea verconiforma Rudman, 1995
  • Noumea violacea Risbec, 1930

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 2011-04-17
  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. & 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.

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