Bornella hermanni Angas, 1864

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 hermanni Angas, 1864 Figure 19K

Material examined.

Two specimens 12-18 mm, HWB.

Ecology.

Among corals, rocks and under rubble in shallow coral reef habitats. Depth 2-12 m.

Distribution.

Across the Indo-Pacific including Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, Malaysia, the Marshall Islands ( Pola et al. 2009), Korea ( Koh 2006), Japan ( Baba 1949), and Australia ( Angas 1864). First recorded from the Gulf of Thailand by Mehrotra and Scott (2016).

Figures

Figure 19. A Armina scotti 41 mm B Dermatobranchus caeruleomaculatus 55 mm C Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus 40 mm D Dermatobranchus fortunatus 11 mm E Dermatobranchus semilunus 33 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) F Dermatobranchus cf. striatus 14 mm G, H Dermatobranchus sp. 1 32 mm (G) and 28 mm (H) I, J Dermatobranchus sp. 2 27 mm K Bornella hermanni 12 mm L Bornella johnsonorum 35 mm.