Jorunna rubescens (Bergh, 1876)

We have seen perhaps a dozen Jorunna rubescens, all at Kwajalein, in a variety of habitats. The first pair were at a depth of 1 meter in a manmade reef quarry, where they were happily depositing egg masses. Since then, we've run into specimens in a variety of lagoon and seaward reef locations to depths of about 12 meters. It is such an interesting looking animal, it was tough to choose which pictures to use.

With the rhinophores and gills retracted, the nudibranch kind of looks like a tunicate.

Created 12 December 2006