''Jorunna rubescens'' is a species of
sea slug
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, a dorid
nudibranch, a shell-less
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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in the family
Discodorididae.
[Bouchet, P. (2015)]
''Jorunna rubescens'' (Bergh, 1876).
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-09
Distribution
This species was described from the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
.
[Rudman, W.B., 2000 (February 19]
''Jorunna rubescens'' (Bergh, 1876).
n/nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
References
External links
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Discodorididae
Gastropods described in 1876