Jorunna alisonae

Jorunna alisonae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Jorunna alisonae
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. alisonae
Binomial name
Jorunna alisonae
Ev. Marcus, 1976[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Hawaii.[3] Previously identified[4] with the European Jorunna tomentosa.[5]

Biology

Jorunna alisonae is a common species usually found in the intertidal zone or shallow depths at protected to moderately exposed rocky sites. It feeds on the violet-brown sponge Haliclona permollis.[4][6]

References
  1. Marcus, Ev. (1976) On Kentrodoris and Jorunna (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia). Boletim de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, 1: 11-68.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Jorunna alisonae Ev. Marcus, 1976. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-10
  3. 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
  4. Kay, E.A. & Young, D.K. (1969) The Doridacea (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science, 23(2): 172-231.
  5. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (November 11) Jorunna alisonae Marcus, 1976. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  6. Pittman, C. & Fiene, P., 2015. Jorunna alisonae. Sea Slugs of Hawaii.
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