Bornella dotoides nudibranch

Bornella dotoides is commonly referred to as nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 11897
AphiaID:: 458158

Scientific:: Bornella dotoides
German:: Baumschnecke
English:: Nudibranch

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Bornellidae (Family) > Bornella (Genus) > dotoides (Species)
Initial determination:: Pola, Rudman & Gosliner, 2009

Occurrence:: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Sea depth:: - 14 Meter
Size:: 0" - 1.18" (0,7cm - 3,5cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps, No reliable information available
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Bornella anguilla
Schlangen-Bornella, Aal-Bornella
Bornella calcarata
Baumschnecke
Bornella dotoides
Baumschnecke
Bornella excepta
Bornella hermanni
Hermanns Bornella
Bornella irvingi
Bornella johnsonorum
Baumschnecke
Bornella pele
Baumschnecke
Bornella sarape
Bornella simplex
Bornella stellifera
Stern-Baumschnecke
Bornella valdae

More related species in this lexicon:

Bornella cf.stellifer
Baumschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2019-01-12 19:31:00
Last edit:: 2019-01-12 19:39:39

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Bornella dotoides Pola, Rudman & Gosliner, 2009

The body shape is long and tapering, typical for species of Bornella. The surface is scattered with low pointed tubercles. The body is a translucent whitish brown colour with subepidermal white granules scattered all over.

The head is rounded, and bears a lobe-like oral tentacle on each side of the mouth.

Bornella dotoides nudibranch

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