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Thorunna daniellae

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Species of gastropod

Thorunna daniellae
Thorunna daniellae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Thorunna
Species: T. daniellae
Binomial name
Thorunna daniellae
(Kay & Young, 1969)

Thorunna daniellae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

Distribution

Hawaiian islands, Midway, and Kure; widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific.

Description

The size of the body varies between 13 mm and 20 mm. This species is opaque white with a magenta line encircling the notum just inside the mantle margin. The rhinophore stalks are translucent, with the clubs orange-red on the anterior side and opaque white on the posterior side. The gills are opaque white with orange-red tips. In very young animals, the notum is translucent and has a herringbone pattern of embedded white spicules beginning between the rhinophores and ending at the gills.

Ecology

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References

  1. Kay E.A. & Young D.K. (1969). The Doridacea (Opisthobranchia; Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science. 23: 172–231.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Thorunna daniellae (Kay & Young, 1969). Accessed on 2018-12-23.
  3. 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): 221
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (October 4) Thorunna daniellae (Kay & Young, 1969). Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Pittman, C. & Fiene, P., 2018. Thorunna daniellae Sea Slugs of Hawaii, accessed 2018-12-23.

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Taxon identifiers
Thorunna daniellae
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