Jorunna evansi (Eliot, 1906)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Ringipleura | |
Superorder | Nudipleura | |
Order | Nudibranchia | |
Suborder | Doridina | |
Infraorder | Doridoidei | |
Superfamily | Doridoidea | |
Family | Discodorididae | |
Genus | Jorunna | |
Species | Jorunna evansi (Eliot, 1906) | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 224400). | ||
- Jorunna luisae Ev. Marcus, 1976 (possible synonym)
- Rostanga evansi Eliot, 1906 (original combination)
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Jorunna. Possibly dedicated to Jorunn Bjarnadottir, a character of an Icelandic viking saga, wife of Ólafr Höskuldsson (c. 938–1006)nicknamed “the Peacock” because of his proud bearing and magnificent wardrobe.
- Evansi. Classical authors did not indicate the ascription of the dedicated names. It can be dedicated to Sir Frederick John Owen Evans (1815-1885) marine scientist, or Sir John Evans (1823-1908), British malacologist and archaeologist, or to John William Evans (1857-1930) British malacologist, minerologist, petrologist, philosopher and traveler.
Distribution
| Sources: | |
 : OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG |  : OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions |
Abundance
| Western Mediterranean: | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Eastern Mediterranean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Atlantic Ocean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
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Bibliography
Ballesteros, M., M. Pontes, and E. Madrenas. 2019. Els nudibranquis del mar català. Brau Edicions, Figueres.
Ballesteros, M., E. Madrenas, and M. Pontes. 2023. OPK - Opistobranquis. (https://opistobranquis.info/).
Camacho-García, Y. E., and T. M. Gosliner. 2008. Systematic revision of Jorunna Bergh, 1876 (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) with a morphological phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Molluscan Studies 74: 143-181.
Eliot, C. N. E. 1906. Report upon a collection of Nudibranchiata from the Cape Verde islands, with notes by C. Crossland. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London l7(3): 131-159.
Ortea, J., and L. Moro. 2016. Nuevos datos sobre el género Jorunna Bergh, 1876 (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Discodoridiidae) en la Macaronesia y el mar Caribe. Vieraea 44: 25-52.
Ortea, J., and L. Moro. 2019. Las babosas marinas de las islas de Cabo Verde en el tiempo: Cronología de su descubrimiento. Avicennia. 25: 1–36.
Parera, A., M. Pontes, X. Salvador, and M. Ballesteros. 2020. Sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia): the other inhabitants of the city of Barcelona (Spain). Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d’Història Natural, 84: 75-100.
Rudman, W. B., and G. J. Avern. 1989. The genus Rostanga Bergh, 1878 (Nudibranchia: Dorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 96: 281-338.
WoRMS Editorial Board. 2023. World Register of Marine Species. WoRMS. (http://www.marinespecies.org).
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2023) "Jorunna evansi" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 30/08/2012. Accessed: 26/03/2023. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/8dj6Q)
