Bornella
A little-studied genus of dendronotid nudibranchs feeding on hydroids.
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Nudibranchs belonging to the genus Bornella are distributed across the Indo-West Pacific region.[1] The tropical eastern Pacific and the western Atlantic each host a single Bornella species.[1]
Scientific classification
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNudibranchia
- SuborderDendronotacea
- FamilyBornellidae
- GenusBornella
Named by Gray, 1850
Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Bornella (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Quick Facts
- Family
- Bornellidae
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific, with one species in the tropical eastern Pacific and one species in the western Atlantic
- Diet
- hydroids
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
A 2009 revision by Rudman, Pola, and Gosliner described several new species.[2] That revision showed Bornella japonica is a junior synonym of Bornella hermanni.[2] The revision included four new species: Bornella dotoides, Bornella johnsonorum, Bornella valdae, and Bornella pele.[2] Other valid species include Bornella anguilla, Bornella calcarata, and Bornella excepta.[3]
Bornella irvingi was described by Edmunds and Preece in 1996.[2] Bornella sarape was described by Bertsch in 1980.[3] Bornella simplex was described by Eliot in 1904.[3] Bornella stellifer has several synonyms including Bornella hancockana and Bornella arborescens.[3]
The name Bornella semperi is considered a nomen nudum.[3]
What the cited sources add
That revision was based on morphological characters and included a preliminary phylogeny of the family Bornellidae.[2] The revision confirmed that Bornella japonica from Japan is a junior synonym of Bornella hermanni from eastern Australia.[2]
References
- Wikipedia, "Bornella" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pola, M., Rudman, W. B. & Gosliner, T. M. (2009) Systematics and preliminary phylogeny of Bornellidae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Dendronotina) based on morphologi; Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Jan 27) A revision of the genus Bornella. <nowiki>[Message in]</nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Jan 27) A revision of the genus Bornella. <nowiki>[Message in]</nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.. facts only, no text reused. seaslugforum.net
- Wikipedia, "Bornella" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bouchet, P. (2015). Bornella Gray, 1850. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-02-10. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Bornella (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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