Hermann Bornella Nudibranch

Bornella hermanni

Bornella hermanni is a sea slug species of Bornellidae family.
It has an elongate general body shape, typical of the genus, with well-developed rhinophore stalks, paired dorso-lateral processes and oral tentacles elaborated into digitate oral lobes. The animal is a translucent cream colour with a broken network of red-orange lines on the back and sides of the body and scattered subepidermal opaque white granules which are sometimes aggregated in irregular patches. The colour pattern can extend onto the rhinophore stalk and the dorso-lateral processes. The lobe-like oral tentacle papillae, the branches of the rhinophore sheaths and the dorsolateral processes are translucent or pigmented white, sometimes with some yellow-orange pigmentation.
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Naming

Synonym: B. japonica (Baba 1949)
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Distribution

Tropical Indo-West Pacific. Originally described from eastern Australia (Angas 1864) it has been reported from Japan under the synonym B. japonica (Baba 1949). It has also been found in the Marshall Islands, Indian Ocean, Malaysia and Korea.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNudibranchia
FamilyBornellidae
GenusBornella
SpeciesBornella hermanni
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Philippines