Photo Information

Photographer
Erwin Kodiat
Location
Bali, Indonesia
Species name
Thorunna florens
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"I'm pretty the characteristics of this animal match the Thorunna florens group rather than T. australis. T. australis has just a single orange band on the rhinophores while T. florens has two. T. australis has only one white line per side, rather than the two of T. florens--the two on the left side of the animal are most visible in this photo. T. australis gills are more orange-red banded rather than red-tipped, which is typical of T. florens. T. australis also lacks the orange patch on the anterior margin so characteristic of all those we are currently calling Thorunna florens and which is visible only as a red edge to the anterior margin in this frontal view. However, T. florens is so variable that I strongly suspect there are several different species currently being lumped under that name."
Comment from Scott Johnson
I'm pretty the characteristics of this animal match the Thorunna florens group rather than T. australis. T. australis has just a single orange band on the rhinophores while T. florens has two. T. australis has only one white line per side, rather than the two of T. florens--the two on the left side of the animal are most visible in this photo. T. australis gills are more orange-red banded rather than red-tipped, which is typical of T. florens. T. australis also lacks the orange patch on the anterior margin so characteristic of all those we are currently calling Thorunna florens and which is visible only as a red edge to the anterior margin in this frontal view. However, T. florens is so variable that I strongly suspect there are several different species currently being lumped under that name.
Taken on
22 January 2008 04:05:11 pm
Posted
17 years ago
Updated
4 months ago

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EXIF Information

Camera
Canon PowerShot A620
Date and Time
2007:12:22 16:05:11
Exposure Time
1/200
Exposure Bias
0/3
Focal Length
7300/1000 mm
Horizontal Resolution
720000/10000 dpi
Vertical Resolution
720000/10000 dpi
Aperture
f/8.0
Exposure Mode
Manual exposure
Metering Mode
Spot
Flash
Flash fired, compulsory flash mode
White Balance
Manual white balance
Color Space
sRGB
Software
Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows

Scientific Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNudibranchia
SuborderDoridina
FamilyChromodorididae
SpeciesThorunna florens