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/17075Dear 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
Related messages
-
Jorunna from Tristan da Cunha
From: Sue Scott, November 18, 2009 -
Jorunna tomentosa spawning
From: Joao Pedro Silva, September 9, 2008 -
Jorunna tomentosa from Plymouth, UK
From: Judith Oakley, August 11, 2006 -
Jorunna tomentosa from the Adriatic
From: Tancredi D'Onofrio, April 21, 2006 -
Re: Is this a Jorunna species?
From: Mehmet Baki Yokes, October 3, 2005 -
Dorid from Slovenia [3]
From: Tom Turk, October 1, 2005 -
Is this a Jorunna species?
From: Aziz Saltik, September 29, 2005 -
Jorunna tomentosa from Portugal
From: Joao Pedro Silva , March 2, 2004 -
Re: Jorunna tomentosa from French Brittany
From: Peter H. van Bragt, June 11, 2003 -
Re: Jorunna tomentosa from French Brittany
From: Alma Sanchez, June 6, 2003 -
Jorunna tomentosa from French Brittany
From: Marina Poddubetskaia, June 5, 2003 -
Re: Unidentified dorid from Spain
From: Peter H. van Bragt, November 28, 2002 -
Re: Unidentified dorid from Spain
From: Alma Sanchez, November 23, 2002 -
Unidentified dorid from Spain
From: Constantine Mifsud, November 23, 2002 -
Unidentified dorid from Spain
From: Miquel Pontes, November 21, 2002 -
Unknown dorid from Helgoland, Germany
From: Philipp Schubert, June 22, 2002 -
Jorunna tomentosa from southern France
From: Jean-Pierre Bielecki , January 23, 2002 -
Jorunna tomentosa from the Netherlands
From: Peter H. van Bragt, August 11, 1999