species: Thorunna furtiva in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Thorunna furtiva


©Barbara Banks: Thorunna furtiva at Lizard Island.

©Brogan Mancell: Thorunna furtiva at the northern end of Watson's Bay, Lizard Island.

©Brogan Mancell: Thorunna furtiva at the northern end of Watson's Bay, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Nudibranchia
Family Chromodorididae
Genus Thorunna
Species Thorunna furtiva

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

         

Distinguishing features

Colour as photographed is distinctive: white with red/orange/yellow margin and lines on rhinophores and gill branches.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

References that assist with identification

  • Humann, P. and N. Deloach (2010). Reef Creature Identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

Other references

  • Waegele, H., I. Burghardt, N. Anthes, J. Evertsen, A. Klussman-Kolb and G. Brodie (2006). Species diversity of opisthobranch molluscs on Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, In: Contemporary studies into the systematics and evolution of opisthobranch molluscs, (Eds. G. Brodie, S. Fahey and F.E. Wells), Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 69: 33-59. LIRS catalog number 1036.