Jorunna spongiosa

Jorunna spongiosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Jorunna spongiosa
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. spongiosa
Binomial name
Jorunna spongiosa
Alvim & Pimenta, 2013[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Brazil.

Ecology

Prey of Jorunna spongiosa include sponges Haliclona sp., Callyspongia pallida and Callyspongia sp.[3]

References
  1. 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
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Jorunna spongiosa Alvim & Pimenta, 2013. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-11
  3. 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.
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