UNKNOWN OKINAWAN
OPISTHOBRANCH
Bornella sp. 1 (size unknown)
Unknown Okinawan Opisthobranch Data
Taxonomy:
- Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
- Suborder: Dendronotina
- Family: Bornellidae
Frequency on Okinawa:
Collection Data:
- Individual Collection No: RFB #1653
- Location: Horseshoe Cliffs (26o30.0'N, 127o50.9'E)
- Date: 4 April, 1986
- Depth: 225ft (69m)
- Size: Not recorded
- Water temperature at collection depth: 70oF (21oC)
- Specimen deposited: Photo only, without specimen
[brackets indicate range for all Okinawa-collected specimens of the species]
Species Account:
Bornella sp.1 is considered to be very rare on Okinawa as I have seen only a single individual over a period of more than twenty years of diving here. This unusual bornellid was found crawling amid strewn coral rubble, in an area frequented by harsh bottom currents.
Page Date: 10 Feb '97
Page Modification Date: 09 May '05
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