Jorunna parva

Jorunna parva
Jorunna parva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Jorunna
Species: J. parva
Binomial name
Jorunna parva
(Baba, 1938)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Thordisa parva Baba, 1938

Jorunna parva is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae. The species was first described by Kikutaro Baba.[2] The resemblance of Jorunna parva's rhinophores to bunny ears and its other features facilitated a surge in popularity on Japan's twittersphere in 2015.[3]

Distribution

This species was described from Kii Province, Japan. Jorunna parva has subsequently been reported from the Philippines, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles and Réunion but there are some doubts as to whether it is really a species complex.[4]

References

  1. Baba, K. (1938) Opisthobranchia of Kii, Middle Japan. Journal of the Dept of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University, 6(1): 1-19.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2010). Jorunna parva (Baba, 1938). World Register of Marine Species.
  3. Kearns, Landess (July 15, 2015). "Fluffy Bunny Sea Slugs Make Us Want To Cuddle Them". Huffington Post.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (July 4) Jorunna parva? (Baba, 1938). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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