Bornella stellifera (A. Adams & Reeve in A. Adams, 1848)

Mehrotra, Rahul, A. Caballer Gutierrez, Manuel, M. Scott, Chad, Arnold, Spencer, Monchanin, Coline, Viyakarn, Voranop & Chavanich, Suchana, 2021, An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters, ZooKeys 1042, pp. 73-188 : 73

Bornella stellifera (A. Adams & Reeve in A. Adams, 1848) Figure 20A

Material examined.

One specimen 31 mm, CB.

Ecology.

On rocks and under rubble, in particular under skeletons of dead Fungiidae corals, in shallow coral reef habitats. Depth 2-8 m.

Distribution.

Widespread across the Indo-Pacific including the Red Sea ( Vayssière 1912), Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987), Japan ( Baba 1949), Singapore, Madagascar, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Hawaii ( Pola et al. 2009), Indonesia, Taiwan and New Caledonia ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Recorded from the Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand ( Jensen 1998; Pola et al. 2009).

Figures

Figure 20. A Bornella stellifera 31 mm B Lomanotus vermiformis 25 mm C Scyllaea fulva 45 mm D Melibe viridis 97 mm E Melibe sp. 22 mm F Eubranchus ocellatus 22 mm G Eubranchus sp. 7 mm H Coryphellina exoptata 15 mm (photograph by Tine Kvamme) I, J Coryphellina cf. lotos variants 40 mm (I) and 35 mm (J) K Samla bicolor 12 mm L Phestilla fuscostriata 15 mm.