WoRMS taxon details
Bornella stellifera (A. Adams & Reeve, 1847)
404964 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404964)
accepted
Species
Bornella adamsii J. E. Gray, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bornella arborescens Pease, 1871 · unaccepted
Bornella caledonica Crosse, 1875 · unaccepted
Bornella digitata A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bornella hancockana Kelaart, 1859 · unaccepted
Bornella marmorata Collingwood, 1881 · unaccepted
Bornella semperi Crosse, 1875 · unaccepted (probable synonym)
Dendronotus stellifer A. Adams & Reeve, 1847 · unaccepted (original combination)
Dendronotus tenellus A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 · unaccepted
Dendronotus tenellus A. Adams & Reeve, 1847 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dendronotus stellifer A. Adams & Reeve, 1847) Adams, A. (1847). Notes from a Journal of Research into the Natural History of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the Command of Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S. Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, London. Pp. 223–532, frontispiece [separate of pp. 223–532 of Adams (in Belcher 1847), issued with its own title-page and frontispiece; date of publication taken to be 31 December 1847 (see Low et al. 2020, Zootaxa 4809)].
page(s): 494 [details]
page(s): 494 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Bornella stellifera (A. Adams & Reeve, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404964 on 2026-11-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bornella digitata A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). <i>Mollusca</i>. In A. Adams (ed.), <i>The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846</i>. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936 [details]
original description (of Dendronotus tenellus A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) Adams, A. (1847). Notes from a journal of research into the natural history of the countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. <em>In: E. Belcher. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, During the Years 1843-46; Empployed Surveying the Islands of the Eastern Archipelago; Accompanied by a Brief Vocabulary of the Principal Languages. Volume II. Reeve, Benham, and Reeve: London.</em> pp. 223-532., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21979991
page(s): 494. [details]
original description (of Dendronotus tenellus A. Adams & Reeve, 1847) Adams, A. (1847). Notes from a journal of research into the natural history of the countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. <em>In: E. Belcher. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, During the Years 1843-46; Empployed Surveying the Islands of the Eastern Archipelago; Accompanied by a Brief Vocabulary of the Principal Languages. Volume II. Reeve, Benham, and Reeve: London.</em> pp. 223-532., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21979991
page(s): 494 [details]
original description (of Dendronotus stellifer A. Adams & Reeve, 1847) Adams, A. (1847). Notes from a Journal of Research into the Natural History of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the Command of Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S. Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, London. Pp. 223–532, frontispiece [separate of pp. 223–532 of Adams (in Belcher 1847), issued with its own title-page and frontispiece; date of publication taken to be 31 December 1847 (see Low et al. 2020, Zootaxa 4809)].
page(s): 494 [details]
original description (of Bornella marmorata Collingwood, 1881) Collingwood, C. (1881). On some new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca from the eastern seas. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, series 2.</em> 2(2):123-140, pls. 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8599953 [details]
original description (of Bornella caledonica Crosse, 1875) Crosse, H. (1875). Description de nudibranches inédits, provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, avec le catalogue des espèces actuellement connues. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 23: 305-322., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15674851
page(s): 318 [details]
original description (of Bornella semperi Crosse, 1875) Crosse, H. (1875). Note sur les genres <i>Bornella</i> et <i>Placobranchus</i>, accompagnée du catalogue des espèces actuellement connues. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 23: 322-328., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15674868
page(s): 324 [details]
original description (of Bornella adamsii J. E. Gray, 1850) Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., <i>Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors</i>. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090 [details]
original description (of Bornella hancockana Kelaart, 1859) Kelaart, E. F. (1859). On some additional species of nudibranchiate mollusks from Ceylon. <em>Annals & Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 3, 4(22):267-270., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2356219#page/287/mode/1up
page(s): 269 [details]
original description (of Bornella arborescens Pease, 1871) Pease, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of nudibranchiate Mollusca inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 6: 299-305, pls. 19-22., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854122 [details]
basis of record Pola, M.; Rudman, W.B.; Gosliner, T.M. (2009). Systematics and preliminary phylogeny of Bornellidae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Dendronotina) based on morphological characters with description of four new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1975: 1-57., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1975.1.1
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Dendronotus tenellus A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) Adams, A. (1847). Notes from a journal of research into the natural history of the countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. <em>In: E. Belcher. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, During the Years 1843-46; Empployed Surveying the Islands of the Eastern Archipelago; Accompanied by a Brief Vocabulary of the Principal Languages. Volume II. Reeve, Benham, and Reeve: London.</em> pp. 223-532., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21979991
page(s): 494. [details]
original description (of Dendronotus tenellus A. Adams & Reeve, 1847) Adams, A. (1847). Notes from a journal of research into the natural history of the countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. <em>In: E. Belcher. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, During the Years 1843-46; Empployed Surveying the Islands of the Eastern Archipelago; Accompanied by a Brief Vocabulary of the Principal Languages. Volume II. Reeve, Benham, and Reeve: London.</em> pp. 223-532., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21979991
page(s): 494 [details]
original description (of Dendronotus stellifer A. Adams & Reeve, 1847) Adams, A. (1847). Notes from a Journal of Research into the Natural History of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the Command of Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S. Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, London. Pp. 223–532, frontispiece [separate of pp. 223–532 of Adams (in Belcher 1847), issued with its own title-page and frontispiece; date of publication taken to be 31 December 1847 (see Low et al. 2020, Zootaxa 4809)].
page(s): 494 [details]
original description (of Bornella marmorata Collingwood, 1881) Collingwood, C. (1881). On some new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca from the eastern seas. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, series 2.</em> 2(2):123-140, pls. 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8599953 [details]
original description (of Bornella caledonica Crosse, 1875) Crosse, H. (1875). Description de nudibranches inédits, provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, avec le catalogue des espèces actuellement connues. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 23: 305-322., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15674851
page(s): 318 [details]
original description (of Bornella semperi Crosse, 1875) Crosse, H. (1875). Note sur les genres <i>Bornella</i> et <i>Placobranchus</i>, accompagnée du catalogue des espèces actuellement connues. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 23: 322-328., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15674868
page(s): 324 [details]
original description (of Bornella adamsii J. E. Gray, 1850) Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., <i>Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors</i>. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090 [details]
original description (of Bornella hancockana Kelaart, 1859) Kelaart, E. F. (1859). On some additional species of nudibranchiate mollusks from Ceylon. <em>Annals & Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 3, 4(22):267-270., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2356219#page/287/mode/1up
page(s): 269 [details]
original description (of Bornella arborescens Pease, 1871) Pease, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of nudibranchiate Mollusca inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 6: 299-305, pls. 19-22., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854122 [details]
basis of record Pola, M.; Rudman, W.B.; Gosliner, T.M. (2009). Systematics and preliminary phylogeny of Bornellidae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Dendronotina) based on morphological characters with description of four new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1975: 1-57., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1975.1.1
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors
[request]Identification resource
identification resource
Gosliner, T. M.; Behrens, D. W.; Valdés, Á. (2008). Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. <em>Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington.</em> 426, pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 474 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 474 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dendronotus stellifer A. Adams & Reeve, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Bornella caledonica Crosse, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) (from synonym Bornella digitata A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bornella stellifera)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Dendronotus stellifer A. Adams & Reeve, 1847)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Bornella digitata A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dendronotus stellifer A. Adams & Reeve, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Bornella caledonica Crosse, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) (from synonym Bornella digitata A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bornella stellifera)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Dendronotus stellifer A. Adams & Reeve, 1847)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Bornella digitata A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Unreviewed
