Jorunna funebris (Kelaart, 1859)

Mehrotra, Rahul, A. Caballer Gutierrez, Manuel, M. Scott, Chad, Arnold, Spencer, Monchanin, Coline, Viyakarn, Voranop & Chavanich, Suchana, 2021, An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters, ZooKeys 1042, pp. 73-188 : 73

Jorunna funebris (Kelaart, 1859) Figure 12H

Material examined.

Two specimens 15-25 mm, LB; one specimen 30 mm, SI; one specimen 87 mm, CB.

Ecology.

Abundant throughout corals and rubble in both nearshore reefs and offshore pinnacles. Rarely observed in soft sediment habitats. Depth 2-35 m; preys on blue Xestospongia sp. ( Huang et al. 2016).

Distribution.

Widespread in the Indo-Pacific including the Red Sea ( Yonow 2008), India ( Apte 2009), Sri Lanka ( Kelaart 1859), Indonesia ( Yonow 2011), Australia ( Debelius 1996) Mauritius, Madagascar, Philippines, Japan, Palau, New Caledonia ( Camacho-García and Gosliner 2008a), Malaysia ( Ho 1989), Vietnam ( Risbec 1956), and known from both Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand ( Chavanich et al. 2013).

Figures

Figure 12. A Atagema intecta 25 mm (photograph by Nick Tringham) B Atagema spongiosa 95 mm C Atagema sp. 32 mm D Carminodoris cf. bifurcata 9 mm E Discodoris cebuensis 30 mm (photograph by Kirsty Magson) F Discodoris boholiensis 55 mm G Halgerda bacalusia (unknown size, photograph by Stephan Pelletier) H Jorunna funebris 87 mm I Jorunna sp. 10 mm J Peltodoris murrea 30 mm K, L Platydoris cf. formosa 35 mm, dorsal and ventral views (photographs by Kirsty Magson).