A new Pseudobornella from China — and rethinking what we call P. orientalis in Japan
Pseudobornella orientalis was described and named by Kikutaro Baba in 1932, but a wide range of colour and morphological variants had been lumped under that name. Several of those variants were given separate Japanese vernacular names in Japanese field guides, and one of them has now received a formal scientific name.
https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/155540/
Naga-hige-itohiki-umiushi (long-bearded itohiki)
Pseudobornella qingdaoensis S.Q. Zhang & J.H. Wang, 2025
Pseudobornella qingdaoensis (naga-hige-itohiki-umiushi)
Key features:
- Dorsum scattered with orange-to-brown spots and white spots
- Four branched processes on the upper side
- One conspicuously elongated posterior process
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