Flowering Thorunna
Thorunna florens
- Usual depth5–20 m
- Water temperature13–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Thorunna florens is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Thorunna florens”, 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: 22 records
- February: 19 records
- March: 16 records
- April: 37 records
- May: 45 records
- June: 32 records
- July: 21 records
- August: 23 records
- September: 14 records
- October: 17 records
- November: 34 records
- December: 13 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–20 m · Deepest record: 28 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 13–29 °C
Photos
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Flowering Thorunna
Names in 4 more languages
- French
- Thorunna fleurie
- Japanese
- ハナイロウミウシ
- Korean
- 꽃잎갯민숭달팽이
- Simplified Chinese
- 花紋多彩海蛞蝓
Other scientific names: Babaina florens, Glossodoris florens
Similar species
Danielle's NudibranchThorunna daniellae
Southern Rainbow DoridThorunna australis
Wide-margined Rainbow DoridThorunna halourga
Lavender Rainbow DoridThorunna punicea
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).
- 155 open-data records from 1978 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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