Thorunna africana from Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

April 15, 2010
From: Vishal Bhave

Dear Bill,

We observed this slug at Port Blair. I think it is Thorunna africana and I have seen the movements of gills that you have mention in the factsheet.

Locality: Port Blair, 0.3 meters, Andaman & Nicobar Island, India, Andaman Sea, 5 March 2010, Intertidal, reef. Length: 25 mm. Photographer: Vishal Bhave.

Thank you.
Vishal Bhave


vishalbhave@gmail.com

Bhave, V.J., 2010 (Apr 15) Thorunna africana from Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23489

Dear Vishal,

This is an interesting extension of the known geographic range of this species from the coast of east Africa and the Red Sea. Contributions to the Forum, such as yours, are showing that many species we previously thought were restricted to the western Indian Ocean are also to be found along the northern coast of the Indian Ocean as far east as Thailand.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2010 (Apr 15). Comment on Thorunna africana from Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands by Vishal Bhave. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23489

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