Thorunna florens

OKINAWA SLUG SITE

Thorunna florens (Baba, 1949) 8mm, from 46m

Thorunna florens (Baba, 1949) 8mm, from 46m

The above two photos are of the same individual animal, collected from 150ft (46m) at Seragaki, Okinawa, on 13 Sep '92. It was found tightly imbedded in a depression of a 12cm demosponge, upon which it had been feeding(?).

Thorunna florens (Baba, 1949) 16mm, from 24m

Thorunna florens (Baba, 1949) 8mm, from 6m

Thorunna florens (Baba, 1949) 11mm, from 14m

Thorunna florens (Baba, 1949) 19mm, from 3m

Thorunna florens (Baba, 1949)
Scan of original painting of T. florens (as Glossodoris florens) in Baba, 1949
Taxonomy:

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: Doridina
Family: Chromodorididae

Literature Cited:

Baba, K. 1949. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay. 194 pp., 50 pls. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo.

NOTE: This page in re presentation with Opisthobranch of the Week, Thorunna florens.