Re: Bornella stellifer? from Singapore [3]

February 12, 2009
From: Toh Chay Hoon

Concerning message #22199:

Dear Dr Bill,

Here's another Bornella nudibranch for the database. It has orange gills.

Locality: Beting Bronok, 0m, Singapore, South China Sea, 05 July 2008, Submerged reef intertidal. Length: 100 mm. Photographer: Toh Chay Hoon.

Thanks,
Chay Hoon

sonnenflower@gmail.com

Toh C.H, 2009 (Feb 12) Re: Bornella stellifer? from Singapore [3]. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22205

Dear Chay Hoon,

I think this is the same as the one in your other message [#22204] which I have decided to call Bornella sp. 2. In these photos you can clearly see the wrinkles on the dorso-lateral processes. The large sail-like process on the rhinophores sheath certainly reminds me of Bornella hermanni, but without some anatomical information, I think it would be a bit premature to ignore the wrinkles and body colour. It is indeed an interesting find.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Feb 12). Comment on Re: Bornella stellifer? from Singapore [3] by Toh Chay Hoon. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22205

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