Noumea flava
(Eliot, 1904)

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Chromodorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Originally described from East Africa but has an Indo-West Pacific distribution.

PHOTO

Solitary Is., Coffs Harbour region, northern New South Wales. November 1989. PHOTOS: Bill Rudman.

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Noumea flava colour group

Grows to about 15mm long. The whole of the animal, including the gills and the rhinophores, is bright yellow. There is a thin bright red or orange-red line right at the edge of the mantle. This line widens at fairly regular intervals to give a pattern of spaced semi-circular spots around the mantle edge. The mantle is ovate with a semi-permanent fold about mid-way along each side giving the animal the appearance of having a thin 'waist'. The body is relatively high and the mantle overlap is relatively narrow. The gills are simple and arranged in a circle around the anus. There are a few large ovate opaque mantle glands arranged in a submarginal band.

Reference:
• Rudman, W.B. (1986) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Noumea flava colour group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 88: 377-404.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (May 21) Noumea flava (Eliot, 1904). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/noumflav

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