Lavender Rainbow Dorid
Thorunna punicea
- Usual depth5–77 m
- Water temperature25–28 °C
- Best monthsMarch and April
- How commonRare
About this species
Thorunna punicea 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 punicea”, 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: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–77 m · Deepest record: 76.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–28 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Lavender Rainbow Dorid
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ツユクサイロウミウシ
Other scientific names: Hypselodoris punicea
Similar species
- Danielle's Nudibranch
Thorunna daniellae
Flowering ThorunnaThorunna florens
- Southern Rainbow Dorid
Thorunna australis
- Wide-margined Rainbow Dorid
Thorunna halourga
Slender ceratosoma nudibranchCeratosoma gracillimum
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).
- 11 open-data records from 2005 to 2024.
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