Thorunna halourga

Thorunna halourga is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Thorunna halourga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Thorunna
Species:
T. halourga
Binomial name
Thorunna halourga
Johnson R.F. & Gosliner, 2001[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Rasch Passage, Madang, Papua New Guinea and Batangas, Philippines. It has been reported from tropical eastern Australia.[3]

Description

The mantle is a pale lilac becoming purple in front of the rhinophores and behind the gills. The mantle margin, which is slightly undulate, has a broad white band. The rhinophores have a purple stalk and the lamellae are edged with orange. The gills are white with orange axes.[3]

References

  1. Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2001) Two new species of Thorunna Bergh 1878 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the Indo-Pacific. Bollettino Malacologico 37 (5-8): 143-150
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Thorunna halourga R. F. Johnson & Gosliner, 2001. Accessed on 2018-12-23.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (December 11) Thorunna halourga Johnson & Gosliner, 2001. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.


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