Thorunna daniellae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]
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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: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Thorunna |
| Species: | T. daniellae
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| Thorunna daniellae (Kay & Young, 1969)[1]
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Distribution edit
Hawaiian islands, Midway, and Kure; widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific.[4]
Description edit
The size of the body varies between 13 mm and 20 mm. This species is opaque white with a magenta line encircling the notum just inside the mantle margin. The rhinophore stalks are translucent, with the clubs orange-red on the anterior side and opaque white on the posterior side. The gills are opaque white with orange-red tips. In very young animals, the notum is translucent and has a herringbone pattern of embedded white spicules beginning between the rhinophores and ending at the gills.[5]
Ecology edit
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References edit
- ^ Kay E.A. & Young D.K. (1969). The Doridacea (Opisthobranchia; Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science. 23: 172–231.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Thorunna daniellae (Kay & Young, 1969). Accessed on 2018-12-23.
- ^ 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(s): 221
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (October 4) Thorunna daniellae (Kay & Young, 1969). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Pittman, C. & Fiene, P., 2018. Thorunna daniellae Sea Slugs of Hawaii, accessed 2018-12-23.
External links edit
- "Thorunna daniellae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Photos of Thorunna daniellae on Sealife Collection