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Eel bornella
Bornella anguilla
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 549611, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Eel bornella
- Scientific
- Bornella anguilla
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 7 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 18 to 18 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
An eel-like nudibranch with a long, orange-brown body and branched cerata. It can swim by bending its body from side to side, like an eel. It feeds on hydroids.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=6, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Bornella-anguilla.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=549611
- inaturalist.org /taxa/64717
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Bornella_anguilla.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.