Jorunna spazzola

Jorunna spazzola (Er. Marcus, 1955)

Jorunna spazzola @ Roatan, Honduras, Caribbean 30-03-2017 by Mickey Charteris

Taxonomy

	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).

Synonyms

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

Known georeferenced records of the species: Jorunna spazzola
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:	☆☆☆☆☆

Month

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Jorunna spazzola based on our own records.

More pictures

Jorunna spazzola @ Roatan, Honduras, Caribbean by Mickey Charteris

Bibliography

Steve Long, 2006

Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000

Gary McDonald, 2009

Bibliographia Nudibranchia

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Pontes, Miquel, Manuel Ballesteros, Enric Madrenas (2023) "Jorunna spazzola" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 09/01/2019. Accessed: 18/04/2024. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=27986)

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