Thorunna perplexa

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

Thorunna perplexa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Thorunna
Species:
T. perplexa
Binomial name
Thorunna perplexa
(Burn, 1957)[1]
Synonyms
  • Glossodoris perplexa Burn, 1957 (basionym)
  • Digidentis perplexa (Burn, 1957)

Distribution

This species is reported from south-eastern Australia and Tasmania.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

References
  1. Burn, R. F. (1957). "On some Opisthobranchia from Victoria". Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 1-1: 11-29, pls. 1-3.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Thorunna perplexa (Burn, 1957). Accessed on 24 December 2018.
  3. Rudman, W. B.(1 June 1999). Digidentis perplexa (Burn, 1957). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Rudman W. B. (1984). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 81 (2/3): 115-273. page: 165.
  5. Rudman W. B. (1985). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris aureomarginata, C. verrieri and C. fidelis colour groups". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 83: 241-299. page: 256.
  6. Rudman, W. B. (1986). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Noumea purpurea and Chromodoris decora colour groups". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 86 (4): 309-353. page: 340.
  7. Rudman W. B. (1987). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris epicuria, C. aureopurpurea, C. annulata, C. coi and Risbecia tryoni colour groups". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 90: 305-407.
  8. Rudman W. B. (1990). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 100: 263-326 page: 264.
  9. Burn R. (2006). "A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia". Museum Victoria Science Reports. 10 :1–42.
  10. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R. H. (2007). Nudibranchs of the World. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page: 206
  11. Johnson R. F. & Gosliner T. M. (2012). "Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs". PLoS ONE. 7 (4): e33479.
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