Jorunna spongiosa
| Jorunna spongiosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
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| Phylum: | Mollusca
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| Class: | Gastropoda
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | J. spongiosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Jorunna spongiosa Alvim & Pimenta, 2013[1]
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Jorunna spongiosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.[2]
Distribution[]
This species was described from Brazil.
Ecology[]
Prey of Jorunna spongiosa include sponges Haliclona sp., and Callyspongia sp.[3]
References[]
- ^ Alvim J. & Pimenta A.D. 2013. Taxonomic review of the family Discodorididae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) from Brazil, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa, 3745(2): 152-198
- ^ Gofas, S. (2015). Jorunna spongiosa Alvim & Pimenta, 2013. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-11
- ^ Belmonte T., Alvim J., Padula V. & Muricy G. (2015). "Spongivory by nudibranchs on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil". Spixiana 38(2): 187–195. PDF.
External links[]
Categories:
- Discodorididae
- Gastropods described in 2013