Verconia cf. varians

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Verconia cf. varians
Author: Undescribed
Order: Nudibranchia Family: Chromodorididae
Maximum Size: 18 mm
Sightings: Sunshine Coast
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A species of Verconia bearing a similar appearance to Verconia varians except that both rhinophores and gills are opaque white with deep purple lines up the axes and lacking the purple/red submarginal line to the mantle. There is though, purple markings anteriorly and posteriorly common to many species of Verconia. We are separating it as Verconia cf. varians.