Bornella sarape
Bertsch, 1980

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DENDRONOTINA
Family: Bornellidae

DISTRIBUTION

Pacific coast, Central America

PHOTO

42 mm long, Los Arcos, Bahia de Banderas, Pacific coast of Mexico, 54 feet deep. June 2002. Photo:
Alicia Hermisillo.

Body pale yellow brown with dark brown to black reticulate pattern which sometimes coalesces into dark patches, which distingusihes it from the species described from the Pacific and the Caribbean which have orange or reddish reticulations.

Reference:
• Bertsch, H. (1980) A new species of Bornella from tropical west-America (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Spixiana, 3(1): 33-42.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2002 (June 13) Bornella sarape Bertsch, 1980. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/bornsara

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