Bornella stellifer from American Samoa
September 24, 2001
From: Don Barclay
Dear Bill,
Here's a pic of Bornella stellifer for the Samoan record. I've never found it before, and I don't believe Larry Madrigal ever found it here either. If this one were a nudibranch eater, I would have sworn he ate a small Marianina rosea that was in the container with him. I took a few photos, changed batteries, and turned back around to take photos of the M. rosea, and found that he had evaporated. I never found him, either in the container or around it.
Collected 3 August 2001 around noon, reef flat just west of Sailele village <1m deep, inside a small coral piece which was under a huge slab. Length 30mm.
Take care,
Don Barclay
n5ols@samoatelco.com
Barclay, D., 2001 (Sep 24) Bornella stellifer from American Samoa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5014Thanks Don,
Bornella stellifer seems to be characterised by the subapical orange band on the dorso-lateral processes which are absent in B. japonica. Another character would seem to be that the large posterior papilla on the rhinophore stalk is smooth, while in B. japonica it has some secondary papillae budding off.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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