Thorunna horologia Rudman 1984
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Thorunna horologia Rudman, 1984
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Material examined. Six specimens. MB28-004609, ZRP, 17 Aug. 2012, 1m, 9mm (no photo); MB28-004686, ZM, 16 Jun 2013, 8m, 12mm; MB28-004982, ZRP, 24 Apr. 2015, 1m, 7mm; MB28-005 0 0 6, ZA51, 12 Jun. 2015, 11m, 8mm; MHN-YT1569, ZA51, 12 Jun. 2015, 11m, 8mm; ZMBN119700, ZRP, 0 4 Aug. 2015, 1m, 14mm.
Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and rocky reefs.
Occurrences. Zavora.
Geographic distribution. Western Indian Ocean. India (Sreeraj 2011), Réunion Island, Madagascar (Gosliner et al. 2008), Tanzania (Rudman 1984), South Africa (Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique.
Remarks. Photographic records of specimens of a similar appeareance exist for India (Sreeraj 2011) and Thailand (Chatcharkorn 2011) suggesting a broader distribution. Nevertheless, Gosliner et al. (2015) consider T. horologia to be restricted to the western Indian Ocean and illustrate a similar species considered undescribed for the western Pacific Ocean (Thoruna sp. 1, left bottom picture, pg. 249). Thus, the correct distribution of this species can only be confirmed after examination of similar specimens from the Pacific Ocean.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Rudman
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Chromodorididae
- Genus
- Thorunna
- Species
- horologia
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Thorunna horologia Rudman, 1984 sec. Tibiriçá, Pola & Cervera, 2017
References
- Rudman, W. B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 81, 115 - 273. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1984. tb 01174. x
- 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)
- Sreeraj, C. R. C (2011) Thorunna horologia Rudman, 1984, Nudipixel, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. Available from: http: // www. nudipixel. net / photo / 00033499 / (accessed 21 July 2017)
- 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.