Peppercorn Velvet Dorid
Jorunna parva
- Usual depth4–21 m
- Water temperature13–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, March, and April
- How commonRare
About this species
Jorunna parva, commonly known as the sea bunny, is a species of nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae. The species was first described by Kikutaro Baba. Due to its resemblance to a rabbit, there was an increase in the popularity of the species on Twitter throughout Japan in 2015.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Jorunna parva”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 17 records
- February: 27 records
- March: 36 records
- April: 35 records
- May: 21 records
- June: 18 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 14 records
- September: 12 records
- October: 10 records
- November: 22 records
- December: 9 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–21 m · Deepest record: 61 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 13–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Peppercorn Velvet Dorid, Sea Bunny, Sea Bunny Slug, Tiger Dorid
Names in 4 more languages
- French
- Jorunna naine
- Japanese
- ゴマフビロードウミウシ, ゴマフビロウドウミウシ
- Korean
- 꼬마비로드갯민숭달팽이
- Simplified Chinese
- 碎毛盤海牛, 碎毛盤海蛞蝓
Other scientific names: Thordisa parva
Similar species
Ringed Velvet DoridJorunna funebris
- Turret Velvet Dorid
Jorunna rubescens
Bohol DiscodorisDiscodoris boholiensis
Batangas HalgerdaHalgerda 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).
- 230 open-data records from 1986 to 2026.
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