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Taxonomy
Family:
DISCODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Doridoidea (Superfamily)
> Discodorididae (Family)
> Jorunna (Genus)
> pantherina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Audura Bergh, 1878
=Awuka Er. Marcus, 1955
=Centrodoris P. Fischer, 1883
=Kentrodoris Bergh, 1876
Synonymised Names:
=Doris pantherina Angas, 1864
=Gargamella novozealandica Eliot, 1907
Images: Jorunna pantherina (Angas, 1864)
Under a rocky ledge below low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ
Under a rocky ledge below low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ
Under a rocky ledge below low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ
Taxonomy
Family:
DISCODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Doridoidea (Superfamily)
> Discodorididae (Family)
> Jorunna (Genus)
> pantherina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Audura Bergh, 1878
=Awuka Er. Marcus, 1955
=Centrodoris P. Fischer, 1883
=Kentrodoris Bergh, 1876
Synonymised Names:
=Doris pantherina Angas, 1864
=Gargamella novozealandica Eliot, 1907
Details: Jorunna pantherina (Angas, 1864)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 16mm
Distribution:
North Island
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50 (p.66)
  • Camacho-Garcia, Y.E., Gosliner, T.M. 2008 Systematic revision of Jorunna Bergh, 1876 (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) with a morphological phylogenetic analysis, Journal of Molluscan Studies, 74 (p.150)
  • Miller, M.C. 1996 The dorid nudibranch genus Jorunna Bergh, 1876 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) in New Zealand, Journal of Natural History, 30 (p.1103)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.287)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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