Thorunna daniellae | |
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Thorunna daniellae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Thorunna |
Species: | T. daniellae
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Binomial name | |
Thorunna daniellae (Kay & Young, 1969)[1]
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Thorunna daniellae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]
Hawaiian islands, Midway, and Kure; widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific.[4]
The size of the body varies between 13 mm and 20 mm. This species is opaque white with a magenta line encircling the notum just inside the mantle margin. The rhinophore stalks are translucent, with the clubs orange-red on the anterior side and opaque white on the posterior side. The gills are opaque white with orange-red tips. In very young animals, the notum is translucent and has a herringbone pattern of embedded white spicules beginning between the rhinophores and ending at the gills.[5]