NOUMEA SIMPLEX - (PEASE, 1871)
Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Doridoidea (Superfamily) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Noumea (Genus)
Synonyme
Chromodoris simplex (Pease, 1871)
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Noumea simplex is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Description
This is an oval species that often appears to bulge laterally in the center. It is opaque white to pinkish-white with a few orange spots scattered randomly over the central area of the notum. The rhinophores and gills are tipped with orange and there is a narrow marginal line that varies from orange to violet. Noumea romeri and Noumea simplex can only be separated externally by the presence of some orange pigment (as a spot, or dash, or a line) on the mantle edge in Noumea simplex (none in Noumea romeri). Size 18 mm max.
Synonyme
Chromodoris simplex (Pease, 1871)
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Noumea simplex is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Description
This is an oval species that often appears to bulge laterally in the center. It is opaque white to pinkish-white with a few orange spots scattered randomly over the central area of the notum. The rhinophores and gills are tipped with orange and there is a narrow marginal line that varies from orange to violet. Noumea romeri and Noumea simplex can only be separated externally by the presence of some orange pigment (as a spot, or dash, or a line) on the mantle edge in Noumea simplex (none in Noumea romeri). Size 18 mm max.