Ambon — 6 December 2025
- Location seen
- Ambon, Philippines
- Date seen
- 2025-12-06
Thorunna florens
Flowering Thorunna
© Di Syrett / MacroDivers.com
About this species
- Current scientific name
- Thorunna florens
- Common name
- Flowering Thorunna
- Previous genera
- Glossodoris
- Order
- Nudibranchia - Doridoidea (Dorids)
- Type
- Cryptobranchia (Cryptobranch dorids)
- ID confidence
- Confirmed
- Genus
- Thorunna
- Species
- florens
- Average size
- 10 mm
- Colours
- white, orange, purple, pink, red
- Pattern
- Spots, Stripes, Edged mantle
- Body shape
- Oval
- Rhinophores
- Horizontal
- Gills
- External gill plume
Geographic Distribution
Western Pacific Ocean.
Identification
A small and very colourful nudibranch. The mantle is pale pink/purple with a white/yellow band and the mantle edge has purple spots. The red and white gills are simple branchial plumes and are retractile. The red rhinophores are lamellate and club-shaped and also retractable.
Our Sighting
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