Dendronotus albus
| Dendronotus albus | |
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| Dendronotus albus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Tritonioidea |
| Family: | Dendronotidae |
| Genus: | Dendronotus |
| Species: | D. albus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendronotus albus (Macfarland, 1966) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dendronotus diversicolor Robilliard, 1970 | |
Dendronotus albus is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dendronotidae.[1]
Distribution
This marine animal can be found off the west coast of North America from Alaska to Baja California.[2]
Description
This species grows to a maximum length of 3.5 cm.[3] It has an opaque white line on the 'tail' but usually has more than four pairs of cerata, (typically 5 to 7), and normally has an orange-yellow tipped cerata, although in rare cases this colour is absent.[4]
Feeding habits
This species feeds on hydroids.[5]
References
- ↑ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1–2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
- ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=dendiris
- ↑ http://www.sealifebase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8357
- ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=dendalbu
- ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/display.cfm?id=10969
Further reading
- Robilliard, G.A. (1970) The systematics and some aspects of the ecology of the genus Dendronotus (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). The Veliger, 12(4): 433–479.
- Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp