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Jorunna tomentosa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Discodorididae

Scientific name
  
Jorunna tomentosa

Higher classification
  
Jorunna

Superfamily
  
Doridoidea

Genus
  
Jorunna

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Jorunna, Nudibranch, Limacia clavigera, Molluscs, Rostanga rubra

Jorunna tomentosa 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 occurs in European waters from Norway to Portugal and in the Mediterranean Sea. It has also been reported from South Africa and Tristan da Cunha.

Biology

Jorunna tomentosa feeds on the sponges Haliclona cinerea and Haliclona oculata.

References

Jorunna tomentosa Wikipedia