Neptunazurea porterae

Neptunazurea porterae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Neptunazurea
Species:
N. porterae
Binomial name
Neptunazurea porterae
Synonyms[3]
  • Chromodoris porterae Cockerell, 1901 (Basionym)
  • Felimare porterae Cockerell, 1901
  • Glossodoris porterae Cockerell, 1901
  • Hypselodoris porterae Cockerell, 1901
  • Mexichromis porterae Cockerell, 1901

Neptunazurea porterae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[3][4][5] It was named by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in honor of his wife Wilmatte Porter Cockerell.[6]

Distribution

This species was described from rockpools at La Jolla, California. It is reported from Monterey Bay, California to Bahía Tortugas, Baja California, Mexico.[7][8][9]

Description

Neptunazurea porterae has a dark blue mantle with a white margin and bright yellow bands which run down the sides of the mantle from the bases of the rhinophores to the gill pocket. There is a light blue line along the middle of the back.[10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ Cockerell, T.D.A. (1901). Pigments of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Nature. 65(1674): 79-80.
  2. ↑ Cockerell, T.D.A. (1902) Three new species of Chromodoris. The Nautilus, 16(2): 19-21.
  3. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2025). Neptunazorea porterae (T. D. A. Cockerell, 1901). Accessed on 2026-04-19.
  4. ↑ Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
  5. ↑ Ribeiro, A.; García-Méndez, K.; Valdés, Á.; Schrödl, M.; Padula, V. (2025). Description of a new genus of Chromodorididae with a taxonomic review of Neptunazurea kempfi (Ev. Marcus, 1971) comb. nov. (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Zootaxa. 5716(3): 333-348.
  6. ↑ "Wilmatte Porter Cockerell (1871-1957) and Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866-1948) 1935". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 16) Mexichromis porterae (Cockerell, 1902). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  8. ↑ Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 85.
  9. ↑ Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 208
  10. ↑ Bertsch H. (1977) The Chromodoridinae nudibranchs from the Pacific coast of America.- Part I. Investigative methods and supra-specific taxonomy. The Veliger 20(2): 107-118.
  11. ↑ Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom
  12. ↑ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 207
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