Jorunna tomentosa

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Jorunna tomentosa
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The nudibranch Jorunna tomentosa feeding on the sponge Haliclona cinerea, Rosehearty, Moray Firth, Scotland.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Jorunna
Species:
J. tomentosa
Binomial name
Jorunna tomentosa
(Cuvier, 1804) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Doris johnstoni Alder & Hancock, 1845
  • Doris obvelata Johnston, 1838
  • Doris tomentosa Cuvier, 1804 (basionym)
  • Jorunna johnstoni (Alder & Hancock, 1845)

Jorunna tomentosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae. [2]

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Distribution

This species occurs in European waters from Norway to Portugal and in the Mediterranean Sea. It has also been reported from South Africa and Tristan da Cunha. [3] [4]

Biology

Jorunna tomentosa feeds on the sponges Haliclona cinerea and Haliclona oculata . [5]

Related Research Articles

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Doridoidea, commonly known as dorid nudibranchs, are a taxonomic superfamily of medium to large, shell-less sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Doridacea, included in the clade Nudibranchia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Discodorididae</span> Family of gastropods

Discodorididae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea.

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References

  1. Cuvier, G. 1804. Memoire sur le genre Doris. Annales de Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 4: 447–473.
  2. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2011). Jorunna tomentosa (Cuvier, 1804). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-08-23
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (August 8) Jorunna tomentosa (Cuvier, 1804). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Camacho-Garcia Y.E. & Gosliner T.M. (2008) Systematic revision of Jorunna Bergh, 1876 (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) with a morphological phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Molluscan Studies 74:143-181
  5. Picton, B. E. & Morrow, C. C., 2015. Jorunna tomentosa. Encyclopedia of marine life.