Verconia purpurea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 245 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559971 on 2012-02-25 It was first described in 1949 by Kikutaro Baba as Noumea purpurea.Baba, K. 1949. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Tokyo : Iwanami Shoten 194 pp. [55, 144-145]
The length of the body attains 20 mm.
Distribution This marine species occurs off subtropical Japan. It is also found on the Great Barrier Reef.
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