Noumea (gastropod) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Noumea is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

of colorful sea slug

Sea slug

Sea slug is a common name used for several different groups of saltwater snails that either lack a shell or have only an internal shell, in other words this name is used for various lineages of marine gastropod mollusks that are either not conchiferous or appear not to be.The phrase "sea slug" is...

s, dorid nudibranch

Nudibranch

A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...

s, shell-less marine

Marine (ocean)

Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...

gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae

Chromodorididae

Chromodorididae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, colorful, sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs in the superfamily Doridoidea. These are marine gastropod mollusks....

Species

Species in the genus Noumea include:

Noumea alboannulata Rudman, 1986
Noumea angustolutea
Noumea angustolutea
Noumea angustolutea is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.- Distribution :...

Rudman, 1990
Noumea aureopunctata Rudman, 1987
Noumea catalai Rudman, 1990
Noumea closeorum Rudman, 1986 - synonym: Noumea closei Rudman, 1986
Noumea crocea
Noumea crocea
Noumea crocea is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.- Distribution :...

Rudman]], 1986
Noumea decussata Risbec, 1928
Noumea flava
Noumea flava
Noumea flava is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.- Distribution :...

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
Noumea norba
Noumea norba is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.-Description:...

Marcus & Marcus, 1970
Noumea protea Gosliner, 1994
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

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