Jorunna tomentosa from Sardinia?

November 29, 2006
From: Alberto Piras


Dear Bill,

Here are two photos of an opisthobranch mollusc from Sardegna, that I have determined is  Jorunna tomentosa, I would be pleased if you could confirm this classification

Locality: Sardinia, Italy, 2 m. Mediterranean Sea, July 1996, on algae. Length:  25 mm . Photographer: Alberto Piras

Best regards
Alberto Piras

albert.pir@tiscali.it

Piras, A., 2006 (Nov 29) Jorunna tomentosa from Sardinia?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17075

Dear Alberto,

This animal certainly fits within the range we currently accept as Jorunna tomentosa. I suspect that there could be some undescribed or unrecognised species of Jorunna in the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. In 1976 Eveline Marcus described Jorunna lemchei from specimens sent to her from the west coast of Ireland but whether these animals are truly a separate species has never been confirmed.

  • Marcus, E. (1976) On Kentrodoris and Jorunna (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia). Boletim de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo 1: 11-68.

Best wishes,
Bernard Picton

Picton, B.E., 2006 (Nov 29). Comment on Jorunna tomentosa from Sardinia? by Alberto Piras. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17075

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