title: Thorunna africana
text: # Thorunna africana
  
  Thorunna africana is a small species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species was described from the Sudanese Red Sea and Tanzania with the type locality being Dar Es Salaam. It has been reported from Madagascar and the Andaman Islands.
  
  ## Description
  
  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.
  
  ## Ecology
  
  Thorunna africana feeds on sponges of the genus Dysidea.
  
  