Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Discodorididae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Doridoidea Genus Jorunna | |
Jorunna pardus is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.
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Distribution
This species was described from California. It is found from southern California to Sacramento Reef, Baja California. It lives on or under rocks in the intertidal and subtidal, from 5 to 18 m depth.
Description
This species is similar in colouration to Jorunna parva from Japan, but a much bigger animal when fully grown. It reaches at least 50 mm in length. Its gills and rhinophores are brown instead of pale with brown edges.
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