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Jorunna tomentosa

Jorunna tomentosa
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The nudibranch Jorunna tomentosa feeding on the sponge Haliclona cinerea, Rosehearty, Moray Firth, Scotland.
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. tomentosa
Binomial name
Jorunna tomentosa
(Cuvier, 1804)
Synonyms
  • Doris johnstoni Alder & Hancock, 1845
  • Doris obvelata Johnston, 1838
  • Doris tomentosa Cuvier, 1804 (basionym)
  • Jorunna johnstoni (Alder & Hancock, 1845)

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

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

This species occurs in European waters from Norway to Portugal and in the Mediterranean Sea. It has also been reported from South Africa and Tristan da Cunha.

Jorunna tomentosa feeds on the sponges Haliclona cinerea and Haliclona oculata.


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