Thorunna florens

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Thorunna florens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Thorunna
Species:
T. florens
Binomial name
Thorunna florens
(Baba, 1949) [1]
Synonyms
  • Glossodoris florensBaba, 1949

Thorunna florens is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2]

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Distribution

This species was described from Japan. It has been reported from Thailand, Australia and Indonesia but is probably a species complex. [3]

Description

Ecology

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References

  1. Baba, K. (1949). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, 194pp., 50 pls.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Thorunna florens (Baba, 1949). Accessed on 2018-12-23.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1998 (November 11) Thorunna florens (Baba, 1949). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.