Ringed Velvet Dorid

About this species

Jorunna funebris, commonly called the dotted nudibranch, is a species of sea slug. It is a dorid nudibranch, which is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae. The genus Jorunna is composed of roughly 15 other species of nudibranchs, which feed on a variety of sponges.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 212 records
February: 213 records
March: 268 records
April: 274 records
May: 258 records
June: 172 records
July: 207 records
August: 225 records
September: 208 records
October: 215 records
November: 182 records
December: 175 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–17 m · Deepest record: 207 m

0–10 m: 90 records
10–20 m: 50 records
20–30 m: 11 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C

18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 5 records
22–24 °C: 8 records
24–26 °C: 34 records
26–28 °C: 19 records
28–30 °C: 160 records

Photos

(c) Tine Kinn Kvamme, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Tine Kinn Kvamme · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Nils, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) norcalmc, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tine Kinn Kvamme, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Ringed Velvet Dorid, Dotted Nudibranch, Funeral Nudibranch, Funeral Pyre Nudibranch, Mourning Dorid, Panda Nudi

Names in 4 more languages

French: Jorunna funèbre
Japanese: ゼニガタウミウシ, ブチウミウシ
Thai: ทากเปลือยขาวจุดดำ, ทากเปลือยลายจุด
Simplified Chinese: 煙囪壺型海蛞蝓, 煙囪弧型盤海牛, 煙囪盤海蛞蝓

Other scientific names: Discodoris whitleyi, Doris funebris, Jorunna zania, Kentrodoris annuligera, Kentrodoris funebris, Kentrodoris gigas, Kentrodoris maculosa

Similar species

Turret Velvet Dorid
Jorunna rubescens
Peppercorn Velvet Dorid
Jorunna parva
Jorunna ramicola
Carminodoris nodulosa
Bohol Discodoris
Discodoris boholiensis
Batangas Halgerda
Halgerda batangas

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
756 open-data records from 1859 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.