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Taxonomy
Family:
DISCODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Doridoidea (Superfamily)
> Discodorididae (Family)
> Jorunna (Genus)
> pantherina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Audura Bergh, 1878
=Awuka Er. Marcus, 1955
=Centrodoris P. Fischer, 1883
=Kentrodoris Bergh, 1876
Synonymised Names:
=Doris pantherina Angas, 1864
=Gargamella novozealandica Eliot, 1907
Images: Jorunna pantherina (Angas, 1864)
Under a rocky ledge below low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. © rights reserved
Under a rocky ledge below low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. © rights reserved
Under a rocky ledge below low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
DISCODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Doridoidea (Superfamily)
> Discodorididae (Family)
> Jorunna (Genus)
> pantherina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Audura Bergh, 1878
=Awuka Er. Marcus, 1955
=Centrodoris P. Fischer, 1883
=Kentrodoris Bergh, 1876
Synonymised Names:
=Doris pantherina Angas, 1864
=Gargamella novozealandica Eliot, 1907
Details: Jorunna pantherina (Angas, 1864)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 16mm
Distribution:
North Island
Notes:
Marine
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References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50 (p.66)
  • Camacho-Garcia, Y.E., Gosliner, T.M. 2008 Systematic revision of Jorunna Bergh, 1876 (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) with a morphological phylogenetic analysis, Journal of Molluscan Studies, 74 (p.150)
  • Miller, M.C. 1996 The dorid nudibranch genus Jorunna Bergh, 1876 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) in New Zealand, Journal of Natural History, 30 (p.1103)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.287)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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