Biology:Bornella pele
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Short description: Species of marine gastropod mollusc
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Bornellidae |
| Genus: | Bornella |
| Species: | B. pele
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| Bornella pele Pola, Rudman & Gosliner, 2009
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Bornella pele is a species of nudibranch in the family Bornellidae.[1] It is found in waters off Hawaiʻi, Australia, Japan, French Polynesia, and Réunion.[2][3] The species epithet derives from Pele, the Hawaiian god of volcanoes, due to the nudibranch's red markings.[2][3][4]
Description
Bornella pele is a small species , growing up to 2 centimetres (0.79 in) in length.[2][3] It is long and slug-like in shape.[3][4]
The body is translucent white and speckled with opaque white spots. There are red streaks along the processes of the back and sides, from the oral tentacles to the base of the rhinopore sheaths, on the cerata and the inner side of the rhinphore sheaths.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Bornella pele (Nudibranch)" (in en-AU). https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/97d80b13-2cbe-4480-8c71-5777b2d6c2d3.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Bornella pele: main page". http://seaslugsofhawaii.com/species/Bornella-pele-a.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Pola, Marta; Rudman, William B.; Gosliner, Terrence M. (2009-12-31). "Systematics and preliminary phylogeny of Bornellidae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Dendronotina) based on morphological characters with description of four new species". Zootaxa 1975 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1975.1.1. https://zenodo.org/record/185130.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Rudman, W. B. (2010-07-15). "The Sea Slug Forum - Bornella pele" (in en). Australian Museum. http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/bornpele.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13442429 entry
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