Noumea sudanica
Rudman, 1985

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

DISTRIBUTION

Known only from the Red Sea.

PHOTO

Suakin, Sudan, Red Sea, April 1980, 12mm long alive. Holotype. PHOTO: Chris Todd.

This species is only known from one specimen. It is white with a thin yellow mantle border and scattered yellowish patches on the mantle. The rhinophores are translucent colourless with the edges of the lamellae opaque white. The gills are also translucent white. The radular teeth and reproductive system are typical of the genus Noumea. Until further specimens are available we won't know if this species has much colour variation.

See Noumea cf. sudanica.

Reference:
• Rudman, W.B. (1985) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris aureomarginata, C. verrieri and C. fidelis colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 241-299.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (May 8) Noumea sudanica Rudman, 1985. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/noumsuda

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