Jorunna funebris (Kelaart, 1858)

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, Zootaxa 4359 (1), pp. 1-133 : 54

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Jorunna funebris (Kelaart, 1858) View in CoL

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Material examined. Five specimens. MB28-004974, ZRP, 21 Mar. 2015, 0.5m, 32mm; MB28-0 0 4561, ZRP, 0 4 Jun. 2012, 1m, 28mm; MB28-004579, ZRP, 18 Jun. 2012, 1m, 52mm; MB28-004693, ZRP, 12 Jul. 2013, 0.5m, 54mm; MHN-YT917, ZRP, 19 Sep. 2013, 1m, 32mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and topical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro, Zavora, Paindaine and Nacala.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Marshall Islands, Guam (Gosliner et al. 2008), Japan, Palau, New Caledonia ( Camacho-García & Gosliner 2008), Australia ( Debelius 1996), Indonesia ( Yonow 2011), Philippines ( Camacho-García & Gosliner 2008; Gosliner et al. 2008), Sri Lanka ( Kelaart 1858b), Thailand ( Camacho-García & Gosliner 2008; Mehrotra & Scott 2015), India ( Apte 2009, Remakrishna et al. 2010), Maldives, Red Sea ( Debelius 1996), Seychelles, Mauritius, Tanzania, Madagascar ( Camacho-García & Gosliner 2008), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique ( King & Valda 2014).

Remarks. The maximum size found in Mozambique was 52mm. Pacific specimens can attain sizes up to 150mm (Gosliner et al. 2015).

References

Apte, D. (2009) Opisthobranch fauna of Lakshadweep Islands, India, with 52 new record to lakshadweep and 40 new records to India: Part 1. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 106, 162 - 175.

Camacho-Garcia, Y. E. & Gosliner, T. M. (2008) Systematic revision of Jorunna Bergh, 1876 (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) with a morphological phylogenetic analysis. Journal Molluscan Studies, 74, 143 - 181. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / mollus / eyn 002

Debelius, H. (1996) Nudibranchs and Sea Snails. Indo-Pacific Field Guide. From the Red Sea to South Africa. Across to the West Coast of the Americas. IKAN-Unterwasserarchiv, Frankfurt, 321 pp.

Gosliner, T. M. (1987) Nudibranchs of southern Africa: a guide to opisthobranch molluscs of southern Africa. Sea Challengers, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, 136 pp.

Kelaart, E. F. (1858 b) Descriptions of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs and zoophytes. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Ceylon Branch, Colombo, 3 (1), 84 - 139.

King, D. & Fraser, V. (2014) The Reef Guide. Fishes, corals, nudibranchs & other invertebrates. East & South Coasts of Southern Africa. Struik Nature, Cape Town, 360 pp.

Manson-Parker, C. (2015) Nudibranchs of Seychelles. Archipelago Images, 32 pp. Available from: http: // www. archipelagoimages. net / uploads / 8 / 3 / 9 / 6 / 8396403 / nudibranchs _ of _ seychelles. pdf (accessed 7 May 2017)

Mehrotra, R. & Scott, C. (2015) Species inventory of sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) for Koh Tao, Thailand, with 25 first records fo Thai waters. Marine Biodiversity, 46, 761 - 771. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 12526 - 015 - 0424 - 7

Yonow, N. (2011) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon Part 15. The suborder Doridina (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia). Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, 85, 805 - 956.

Figures

FIGURE 18. A, Atagema intecta (MB28-004680). B, Jorunna funebris (MB28-004693). C, Jorunna parva (MB28-004833). D, Jorunna ramicola (MB28-004591). E, Jorunna rubescens (in situ). F–G, Platydoris pulchra (MB28-004782 and MB28- 004759, respectively).H–I, Platydoris scabra (MB28-005081), dorsal and ventral view.J, Rostanga bifurcata (MHN-YT631). K, Rostanga sp. (MB28-004617).L, Sclerodoris tuberculata(MB28-004760).