Jorunna sp.

Mehrotra, Rahul, A. Caballer Gutierrez, Manuel, M. Scott, Chad, Arnold, Spencer, Monchanin, Coline, Viyakarn, Voranop & Chavanich, Suchana, 2021, An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters, ZooKeys 1042, pp. 73-188 : 73

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1042.64474

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9CF986D8-6A47-4E17-9A67-245C78FB8AFD

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6047B869-2EBC-5021-95E1-E81AE5C37378

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scientific name

Jorunna sp.
status

 

* Jorunna sp. Figure 12I View Figure 12

Material examined.

Two specimens 10-15 mm, SB.

Ecology.

Found exclusively in deeper soft sediment habitats. Depth 16-25 m.

Distribution.

Jorunna sp. 7 recorded in the Philippines ( Gosliner et al. 2018).

Remarks.

An undescribed species covered in numerous long caryophyllidia, similar to Jorunna sp. 7 in Gosliner et al. (2018). Cream coloured dorsum with dark brown patches, white pigment on most caryophyllidia, dark brown rhinophore clubs with lamellae edged in white and white apices. Gills cream with some white. Here representing a first record for Thai waters.