Thorunna punicea
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| genus = Thorunna
| species = punicea
| authority = (Rudman, 1995)Rudman, W. B. (1995). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species from New Caledonia and the Noumea romeri colour group. Molluscan Research. 16: 1-43, page 25.
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| Hypselodoris punicea| Rudman, 1995
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Thorunna punicea is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018). [http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559977 Thorunna punicea (Rudman, 1995).] Accessed on 2018-12-24.
Distribution
This species was described from Passe de Koumac, New Caledonia, {{coord|20|40.7|S|164|14.7|E|scale:500000}}.Rudman, W.B., 2005 (February 1) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/thorpuni Thorunna punicea (Rudman, 1995).] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Description
This species is similar in coloration to Hypselodoris melanesica and Mexichromis albofimbria. It has a purple mantle with a thin white margin and darker purple bases to the rhinophores and gills.
Ecology
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