Jorunna spazzola
| Jorunna spazzola | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Jorunna |
| Species: | J. spazzola |
| Binomial name | |
| Jorunna spazzola (Marcus, 1955)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
|
Awuka spazzola Er. Marcus, 1955 | |
Jorunna spazzola is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Brazil. Possibly synonymous with Jorunna luisae.[3]
Description
This species is known mostly from internal characters and needs clarification.[4] It has been reported from Florida.[5]
References
- ↑ Marcus, Er. 1955. Opisthobranchia from Brazil. Boletim da Facultade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Zoologia, 20:89–261.
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Jorunna spazzola (Marcus, 1955). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-11
- ↑ Camacho-García Y.E. & Gosliner T.M. (2008). Systematic revision of Jorunna Bergh, 1876 (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) with a morphological phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Molluscan Studies 74: 143-181
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (September 20) Jorunna cf. spazzola (Marcus, 1955). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ Jorunna spazzola. Photo A. DuPont.
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