Jorunna is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.[2]
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| Jorunna funebris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Jorunna Bergh, 1876[1] |
The name Jorunna comes from the latinization of the name of the character Jorunn from the Laxdæla saga.[3]
Biology edit
Jorunna species are usually camouflaged to match the sponges they feed on, which in many cases belong to the family Chalinidae. It is likely that many undescribed species exist.[4]
Species edit
There are more than 20 species in genus Jorunna.[5][2]
- Jorunna alisonae Ev. Marcus, 1976
- Jorunna coloradilla Ortea & Moro, 2016
- Jorunna efe Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2014
- Jorunna evansi (Eliot, 1906)
- Jorunna funebris (Kelaart, 1859)
- Jorunna ghanensis Edmunds, 2011
- Jorunna glandulosa Edmunds, 2011
- Jorunna hartleyi (Burn, 1958)
- Jorunna labialis (Eliot, 1908)
- Jorunna onubensis Cervera, Garcia-Gomez & Garcia, 1986
- Jorunna osae Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2008
- Jorunna pantherina (Angas, 1864)
- Jorunna pardus Behrens & Henderson, 1981
- Jorunna parva (Baba, 1938)
- Jorunna ramicola M.C. Miller, 1996
- Jorunna rubescens (Bergh, 1876)
- Jorunna spazzola (Er. Marcus, 1955)
- Jorunna spongiosa Alvim & Pimenta, 2013
- Jorunna tempisquensis Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2008
- Jorunna tomentosa (Cuvier, 1804)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Jorunna johnstoni (Alder & Hancock, 1845): synonym of Jorunna tomentosa (Cuvier, 1804) - type species of the genus Jorunna
- Jorunna lemchei Ev. Marcus, 1976 : synonym of Gargamella lemchei (Ev. Marcus, 1976)
- Jorunna luisae Ev. Marcus, 1976: synonym of Jorunna evansi (Eliot, 1906)
- Jorunna malcolmi Ev. Marcus, 1976: synonym of Jorunna labialis (Eliot, 1908)
- Jorunna marchadi Risbec, 1956: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824
- Jorunna zania Ev. Marcus, 1976: synonym of Jorunna funebris (Kelaart, 1859)
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References edit
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- ^ Bergh R. (1876). In: Semper, C. (ed.). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Vol. 2. Malacologische Untersuchungen. II. Theil, Heft 10 414.
- ^ a b Jorunna Bergh, 1876. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 January 2019.
- ^ Bergh R. (1881). In: Semper, C. (ed.). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Vol. 2. Malacologische Untersuchungen. IV. Theil, Heft 2 p. 113.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 6) Jorunna pantherina (Angas, 1864). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Camacho-Garcia, Y. E. and T. M. Gosliner. (2008). Systematic revision of Jorunna Bergh, 1876 (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) with a morphological phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(2) 143.
- Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136: 535-636