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Noumea crocea 
A live individual of Noumea crocea in Guam, head end towards the right Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade DoridaceaSuperfamily: Doridoidea Family: Chromodorididae Genus: Noumea Species: N. crocea Binomial name Noumea crocea
Rudman, 1986Noumea crocea is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
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Distribution
This species is found in the tropical western Pacific, including: Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Guam, and south to Queensland, Australia.[2]
Description
This nudibranch is usually less than 2 inches in length. It has a yellow body with a pale mantle margin that has two semi-permanent mantle folds about mid-body. The rhinophores and branchia (gills) are also yellow. However, identifying individual yellow sea slugs within the genus Noumea can be challenging because yellow forms exist in many related species.
Ecology
This species is often found on the yellow sponge Darwinella, which appears to be its preferred food source.[3]
References
- ^ WoRMS, World Register of Marine Species
- ^ Noumea crocea, Sea Slug Forum.
- ^ Noumea crocea food source, Sea Slug Forum.
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