Dorid from Slovenia [3]

October 1, 2005
From: Tom Turk

Dear Bill,
Here is another photo taken in front of Marine Biological Station in Piran, Slovenia. It is probably Jorunna tomentosa crawling on a sponge Chondrilla nucula.

Locality: Piran, Slovenia, Adriatic Sea. Spring 2005. muddy, some rocks and algae. Photographer: Tihomir Makovec

Best regards,
Tom Turk

tom.turk@bf.uni-lj.si

Turk, T., 2005 (Oct 1) Dorid from Slovenia [3]. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14888

Dear Tom,
I also think this is Jorunna tomentosa. The close-up alongside shows the spiculate tubercles [caryophyllidia] which give the mantle its 'furry' appearance, and hence the name 'tomentosa', from hairy in Latin.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Oct 1). Comment on Dorid from Slovenia [3] by Tom Turk. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14888

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