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Verconia varians
Verconia varians is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
From the article Verconia varians on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Body: translucent coloration with a segmented white stripe on the midline, a white mantle margin, and a magenta submarginal line. Rhinophores: translucent base with orange tips Gills: translucent base with magenta tips This species is one of several chromodorids that vibrate their gills. Up to 20 mm in length.
Range & habitat
This marine species is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific from Indonesia to the Hawaiian Islands.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 486485.