| Thorunna africana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Thorunna |
| Species: | T. africana |
| Binomial name | |
| Thorunna africana | |
Thorunna africana is a small species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2]
This species was described from the Sudanese Red Sea and Tanzania with the type locality being Dar Es Salaam. [1] It has been reported from Madagascar [3] and the Andaman Islands. [4]
This is a small nudibranch, growing to 25 mm (0.98 in). It is white in colour with a yellow, ruffled, margin to the mantle. The gills and rhinophores are white with bright red lines.
Thorunna africana feeds on sponges of the genus Dysidea. [3]
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