Thorunna africana is a small species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
This species was described from the Sudanese Red Sea and Tanzania with the type locality being Dar Es Salaam.[1] It has been reported from Madagascar[3] and the Andaman Islands.[4]
This is a small nudibranch, growing to 25 mm (0.98 in). It is white in colour with a yellow, ruffled, margin to the mantle. The gills and rhinophores are white with bright red lines.
Thorunna africana feeds on sponges of the genus Dysidea.[3]
Thorunna africana is a small species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.