Jorunna spongiosa
| Jorunna spongiosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Jorunna |
| Species: | J. spongiosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Jorunna spongiosa Alvim & Pimenta, 2013[1] | |
Jorunna spongiosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Brazil.
Ecology
Prey of Jorunna spongiosa include sponges Haliclona sp., Callyspongia pallida and Callyspongia sp.[3]
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2015). Jorunna spongiosa Alvim & Pimenta, 2013. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-11
- ↑ 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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