Thorunna from Heron Island

July 12, 2001
From: Julie Marshall

Dear Bill,
I was interested in Rebecca Johnson's picture of a new Thorunna species that she and Terry Gosliner are describing. It seems to be the species that Richard Willan and I have illustrated in our book on Heron Island nudibranchs as Thorunna sp. 1. I have found six specimens of this species. The pictured animal was 12 mm in size although most of the others have been from 5 to 7 mm. It was found at low tide at the reef crest under a dead coral slab in January 1993.

Best wishes
Julie Marshall

j.marshall@latrobe.edu.au

Marshall, J., 2001 (Jul 12) Thorunna from Heron Island. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4799

Note: Previously on the Forum as Thorunna cf. speciosus this is now named Thorunna halourga.

Thanks Julie,
It certainly seems to have a wide distribution.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jul 12). Comment on Thorunna from Heron Island by Julie Marshall. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4799

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Thorunna halourga

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