Jorunna pardus is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.[2]
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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 |
| Species: | J. pardus
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| Binomial name | |
| Jorunna pardus Behrens & Henderson, 1981[1]
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Distribution edit
This species was described from California. It is found from southern California to Sacramento Reef, Baja California. It lives on or under rocks in the intertidal and subtidal, from 5 to 18 m depth.[3]
Description edit
This species is similar in colouration to Jorunna parva from Japan, but a much bigger animal when fully grown. It reaches at least 50 mm in length.[3] Its gills and rhinophores are brown instead of pale with brown edges.[4]
References edit
- ^ Behrens, D. & Henderson, R., 1981. Two new cryptobranch dorid nudibranchs from California. Veliger, 24: 120–128.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Jorunna pardus Behrens & Henderson, 1981. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-11
- ^ a b Camacho-García Y.E. & Gosliner T.M. (2008). Systematic revision of Jorunna Bergh, 1876 (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) with a morphological phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Molluscan Studies 74: 143-181
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (September 10) Jorunna pardus Behrens & Henderson, 1981. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.