Jorunna spazzola (Er. Marcus, 1955)
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 spazzola (Er. Marcus, 1955) | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 420601). | ||
- Awuka spazzola Er. Marcus, 1955
Description
Biology
As a curiosity, Jorunna spazzola can change its body colour from white to brown in just a few minutes (Valdés, Á., com. pers.).
Etymology
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 |
References for the species: Jorunna spazzola
- We have not yet published references for Iberian coasts of: Jorunna spazzola.
Abundance
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Bibliography
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Further reading
Cite this article as:
Pontes, Miquel, Manuel Ballesteros, Enric Madrenas (2021) "Jorunna spazzola" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 09/01/2019. Accessed: 03/08/2021. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/2UoqD)
