Thorunna
Encyclopedia
Thorunna is a genus
of sea slug
s, dorid nudibranch
s, shell-less marine
gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
s, dorid nudibranch
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...
s, shell-less marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae
Chromodorididae
Chromodorididae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, colorful, sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs in the superfamily Doridoidea. These are marine gastropod mollusks....
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Species
Species in the genus Thorunna include:- Thorunna africana RudmanWilliam B. RudmanDr. William B. Rudman, usually known as Bill Rudman , from New Zealand and Australia, is a biologist, a researcher who studies molluscs, in other words, a malacologist...
, 1984 - Thorunna australis Risbec, 1928
- Thorunna daniellae Kay & Young, 1969
- Thorunna florens BabaKikutaro Babawas a Japanese malacologist. He was the leading researcher on sea slugs and bubble snails, opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in Japan.- Biography :* 1932-1941 Kyushu University* 1948-1949 Osaka Kyoiku University* 1976 - Order of the Rising Sun...
, 1949 - Thorunna furtiva BerghRudolph BerghRudolph Bergh , full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen....
, 1878 - Thorunna halourga Johnson & Gosliner, 2001
- Thorunna horologia Rudman, 1984
- Thorunna kahuna Johnson & Gosliner, 2001
- Thorunna montrouzieri Rudman, 1995
- Thorunna punicea Rudman, 1995
- Thorunna purpuropedis Rudman & Johnson, 1985
- Thorunna speciosus Rudman, 1990
Further reading
- Rudman W. B. (1990). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group". Zoological Journal of the Linnean SocietyZoological Journal of the Linnean SocietyZoological Journal of the Linnean Society is the scientific journal of the Linnean Society published by Wiley-Blackwell.According to EBSCOhost, it "[p]resents original papers on zoology with an emphasis on the diversity, systematics, interrelationships, and habits of animals both living and...
100(3): 263-326. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1990.tb01864.x.