{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | image = FMIB 39586 Chromodoris porterae Cockerell Dorsal view.jpeg | image_caption = Neptunazurea porterae, Dorsal view | genus = Neptunazurea | species = porterae | authority = (Cockerell, 1901)<ref>Cockerell, T.D.A. (1901). Pigments of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Nature. 65(1674): 79-80.</ref><ref>Cockerell, T.D.A. (1902) [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42792492 Three new species of ''Chromodoris''.] The Nautilus, 16(2): 19-21.</ref> | synonyms_ref= <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = {{species list | 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.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase (2025). [https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1845220 ''Neptunazorea porterae'' (T. D. A. Cockerell, 1901).] Accessed on 2026-04-19.</ref><ref>Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033479 ''Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs''.] PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479</ref><ref name=Neptunazurea>Ribeiro, A.; García-Méndez, K.; Valdés, Á.; Schrödl, M.; Padula, V. (2025). [https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5716.3.2 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.</ref> It was named by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in honor of his wife Wilmatte Porter Cockerell.<ref name="Smithsonian Archives">{{cite web|title=Wilmatte Porter Cockerell (1871-1957) and Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866-1948) 1935|url=http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_308462|website=Smithsonian Institution Archives|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref>
==Distribution== This species was described from rockpools at La Jolla, California. It is reported from Monterey Bay, California to Bahía Tortugas, Baja California, Mexico.<ref>Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 16) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/mexiport ''Mexichromis porterae'' (Cockerell, 1902).] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.</ref><ref>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.</ref><ref>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</ref>
==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.<ref>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.</ref><ref>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</ref><ref>Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) ''Nudibranchs of the world''. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. {{ISBN|978-3-939767-06-0}} page(s): 207</ref>
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Category:Chromodorididae Category:Gastropods described in 1901 Category:Taxa named by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell