Jorunna is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Jorunna Bergh, 1876[1] |
The name Jorunna comes from the latinization of the name of the character Jorunn from the Laxdæla saga.[3]
Biology
editJorunna species are usually camouflaged to match the sponges they feed on, which in many cases belong to the family Chalinidae. It is likely that many undescribed species exist.[4]
Species
editThere are more than 20 species in genus Jorunna.[5][2]
- Jorunna alisonae Ev. Marcus, 1976
- Jorunna coloradilla Ortea & Moro, 2016
- Jorunna efe Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2014
- Jorunna evansi (Eliot, 1906)
- Jorunna funebris (Kelaart, 1859)
- Jorunna ghanensis Edmunds, 2011
- Jorunna glandulosa Edmunds, 2011
- Jorunna hartleyi (Burn, 1958)
- Jorunna labialis (Eliot, 1908)
- Jorunna onubensis Cervera, Garcia-Gomez & Garcia, 1986
- Jorunna osae Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2008
- Jorunna pantherina (Angas, 1864)
- Jorunna pardus Behrens & Henderson, 1981
- Jorunna parva (Baba, 1938)
- Jorunna ramicola M.C. Miller, 1996
- Jorunna rubescens (Bergh, 1876)
- Jorunna spazzola (Er. Marcus, 1955)
- Jorunna spongiosa Alvim & Pimenta, 2013
- Jorunna tempisquensis Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2008
- Jorunna tomentosa (Cuvier, 1804)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Jorunna johnstoni (Alder & Hancock, 1845): synonym of Jorunna tomentosa (Cuvier, 1804) - type species of the genus Jorunna
- Jorunna lemchei Ev. Marcus, 1976 : synonym of Gargamella lemchei (Ev. Marcus, 1976)
- Jorunna luisae Ev. Marcus, 1976: synonym of Jorunna evansi (Eliot, 1906)
- Jorunna malcolmi Ev. Marcus, 1976: synonym of Jorunna labialis (Eliot, 1908)
- Jorunna marchadi Risbec, 1956: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824
- Jorunna zania Ev. Marcus, 1976: synonym of Jorunna funebris (Kelaart, 1859)
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References
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- ^ Bergh R. (1876). In: Semper, C. (ed.). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Vol. 2. Malacologische Untersuchungen. II. Theil, Heft 10 414.
- ^ a b Jorunna Bergh, 1876. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 January 2019.
- ^ Bergh R. (1881). In: Semper, C. (ed.). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Vol. 2. Malacologische Untersuchungen. IV. Theil, Heft 2 p. 113.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 6) Jorunna pantherina (Angas, 1864). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Camacho-Garcia, Y. E. and T. M. Gosliner. (2008). Systematic revision of Jorunna Bergh, 1876 (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) with a morphological phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(2) 143.
- Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136: 535-636