Noumea protea Gosliner, 1994 Verconia protea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

[1][2] Known only from Oudekraal and Vulcan Rock on the Cape Peninsula west coast and Pinnacle dive site near Gordon's Bay on the east side of False Bay.

South African endemic.

[3] A small (15mm) dorid with a smooth salmon pink body and white dotted margin.

[3] Often found on an encrusting sponge of almost identical colour at depths of 8 to 10m.