Thorunna arbuta

Thorunna arbuta
	Thorunna arbuta, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Thorunna
Species:	T. arbuta
Binomial name
	Thorunna arbuta; (Burn, 1961)
Synonyms
	Babaina arbuta (Burn, 1961) ; Digidentis arbuta (Burn, 1961) ; Glossodoris arbuta Burn, 1961 (original combination) ;

Thorunna arbuta is a species of dorid nudibranch in the family Chromodorididae.^[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Danger Point, Torquay, Victoria, Australia, 38°20′S 144°19′E / 38.333°S 144.317°E / -38.333; 144.317.

Description

Thorunna arbuta has a body colour of bright pink with paler mottling, the foot, rhinophores and gills are the same colour. The mantle margin is indented at the sides and at each indent there is a large rounded patch of yellow edged with bright red flecks.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Burn, R. F. (1961). A new doridid nudibranch from Torquay, Victoria. The Veliger. 4(2):55-56, pl. 15.
^ MolluscaBase (2018). Thorunna arbuta Ortea, Bacallado & Valdés, 1992. Accessed on 2018-12-24.

[burn1961-1] Burn, R. F. (1961). A new doridid nudibranch from Torquay, Victoria. The Veliger. 4(2):55-56, pl. 15.

[WoRMS-2] MolluscaBase (2018). Thorunna arbuta Ortea, Bacallado & Valdés, 1992. Accessed on 2018-12-24.

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