Nudibranch species within the Bornellidae family have elongated bodies, with pairs of cerata-like dorsal and lateral appendages, with finger-like branches, running along the length of the body. Each of these appendages has an attached cluster of gills. Their rounded head has a tentacle on either side of the mouth, with tiny finger-like papillae. The rhinophores on the head resemble the dorsal appendages.
Nudibranchs within this family are believed to feed exclusively on hydroids.
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bornellidae, family, nudibranch, slug, marine, gastropod, molluscs, superfamily, tritonioidea, bornella, stellifer, scientific, classification, kingdom, animalia, phylum, mollusca, class, gastropoda, unranked, clade, heterobranchia, clade, euthyneura, clade, n. Bornellidae is a family of nudibranch sea slug marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Tritonioidea Bornellidae Bornella stellifer Scientific classification Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda unranked clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Dendronotida Superfamily Tritonioidea Family BornellidaeBergh 1874 Genera Bornella Pseudobornella This family is within the clade Cladobranchia according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet amp Rocroi 2005 Description editNudibranch species within the Bornellidae family have elongated bodies with pairs of cerata like dorsal and lateral appendages with finger like branches running along the length of the body Each of these appendages has an attached cluster of gills Their rounded head has a tentacle on either side of the mouth with tiny finger like papillae The rhinophores on the head resemble the dorsal appendages Nudibranchs within this family are believed to feed exclusively on hydroids Genera editBornella Gray 1850 with at least ten species Pseudobornella Baba 1932 monotypic P orientalis 1 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bornellidae Pola Marta amp Rudman William amp Gosliner Terrence 2009 Systematics And Preliminary Phylogeny Of Bornellidae Mollusca Nudibranchia Dendronotina Based On Morphological Characters With Description Of Four New Species Zootaxa 1 57 10 5281 zenodo 185130 nbsp This Heterobranchia related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bornellidae amp oldid 1190052605, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
