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Jorunna funebris | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Discodorididae |
Genus: | Jorunna Bergh, 1876[1] |
Jorunna is a genusofsea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.[2]
The name Jorunna comes from the latinization of the name of the character Jorunn from the Laxdæla saga.[3]
Jorunna 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]
There are more than 20 species in genus Jorunna.[5][2]
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