Thorunna daniellae (Kay & D.K.Young, 1969) is a animal in the Chromodorididae family, order Nudibranchia, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Thorunna daniellae (Kay & D.K.Young, 1969)

Thorunna daniellae (Kay & D.K.Young, 1969)

Thorunna daniellae is a small nudibranch species with distinct color markings, found widely in the Indo-Pacific.

Genus
Thorunna
Order
Nudibranchia
Class
Gastropoda

About Thorunna daniellae (Kay & D.K.Young, 1969)

Adults of this species reach a body length between 13 mm and 20 mm. The body is opaque white, with a magenta line that circles the notum just inside the mantle margin. The stalks of the rhinophores are translucent; the rhinophore clubs are orange-red on their anterior side and opaque white on their posterior side. The gills are opaque white with orange-red tips. In very young individuals, the notum is translucent, and has a herringbone pattern of embedded white spicules that starts between the rhinophores and ends at the gills. This species is distributed across the Hawaiian Islands, Midway, and Kure, and is widely distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Chromodorididae Thorunna

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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