Bornella pele from Reunion Island
January 28, 2009
From: Philibert Bidgrain
Concerning message #22194:
Dear Bill,
In Réunion Island we found some specimens of Bornella with this characteristic colour pattern. Do you think that it could be specimen of B. pele?
Reunion Island, Indian Ocean. Length: less 20 mm
Bests regards
Philibert Bidgrain
http://seaslugs.free.fr/index.htm
pbidgrain@yahoo.fr
Bidgrain, P., 2009 (Jan 28) Bornella pele from Reunion Island. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22195
Dear Philibert,
This is indeed Bornella pele. Combined with your other message [#22196] and Sully Bachel's [#22188] on Bornella johnsonorum at Reunion Island, we now know that these two recently described species extend from the western Pacific right across to the western Indian Ocean. It is a valuable increase in our knowledge of the genus
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
