Bornella anguilla from the Philippines

July 8, 2006
From: Terry Adriance

I am hoping that you will be able to identify this nudibranch.

Locality: El Nido, North Palawan, 5 feet, Philippines, 5 May 2006, intertidal? Shallow w/ surge. Length: 3 or 4 inches?. Photographer: Terry Adriance.

Terry Adriance

adriancet@aol.com

Adriance, T., 2006 (Jul 8) Bornella anguilla from the Philippines. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16854

Dear Terry,
This is Bornella anguilla. If you have a look at the Fact Sheet and other messages you will see that the name anguilla [= eel] comes from its habit, when startled, of swimming with a sinuous eel-like motion.

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Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Jul 8). Comment on Bornella anguilla from the Philippines by Terry Adriance. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16854

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