Jorunna tomentosa | |
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The nudibranch Jorunna tomentosa feeding on the sponge Haliclona cinerea, Rosehearty, Moray Firth, Scotland. | |
Scientific classification
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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
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Binomial name | |
Jorunna tomentosa | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Jorunna tomentosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae. [2]
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]
Jorunna tomentosa feeds on the sponges Haliclona cinerea and Haliclona oculata. [5]
Jorunna tomentosa | |
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The nudibranch Jorunna tomentosa feeding on the sponge Haliclona cinerea, Rosehearty, Moray Firth, Scotland. | |
Scientific classification
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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
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Binomial name | |
Jorunna tomentosa | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Jorunna tomentosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae. [2]
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]
Jorunna tomentosa feeds on the sponges Haliclona cinerea and Haliclona oculata. [5]