White Dendronotus
Dendronotus albus MacFarland, 1966
Description 2
Ground color greyish-white. Tail with a narrow, median, opaque white line. The 4-5 opposite pairs of cerata have rather long branches, usually tipped with orange-red to brownish. Frontal veil bears 4 long, branched, tapered processes on a low, horseshoe-shaped ridge, 2 processes on either side of median line, medial pair longer, below this series may occur a variable number of small, less branched appendages. Rhinophores bear 12-14 lamellae. A short, simple process is directed obliquely upward midway on rhinophore shaft. Margin of rhinophores sheath bears 5 slender, tapered, branched processes. Clavus and distal half of the processes of rhinophore sheath usually orange-red to brownish, rarely opaque white.
Size 2
Typically about 20mm in length, but may exceed 35mm.
Geographic Range 2
Kenai Peninsula, AK, to Islas Coronado, Mexico.
Notes 2
Preys on hydroids such as: Abietinaria sp. & Thuiaria argentea.
References 2
EKIMOVA, I, Á. VALDÉS, D. SCHEPETOV, & A. CHICHVARKHIN. 2016. Was Gordon Robilliard right? Integrative systematics suggest that Dendronotus diversicolor (multicolor frond-aeolis) is a valid species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 94(11):793-799.
KORSHUNOVA, T., N. SANAMYAN, Olga ZIMINA, Karin FLETCHER, & A. MARTYNOV. 2016. Two new species and a remarkable record of the genus Dendronotus from the North Pacific and Arctic oceans (Nudibranchia). ZooKeys 630:19-42. PDF
MACFARLAND, F. M. 1966. Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72. PDF
McDONALD, G. R. 1983. A review of the nudibranchs of the California coast. Malacologia 24(1-2):114-276. PDF
ROBILLIARD, G. A. 1970. The systematics and some aspects of the ecology of the genus Dendronotus. The Veliger 12(4):433-479, pls. 63-64. PDF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MARINE INVERTEBRATE TAXONOMISTS. 2018. A taxonomic listing of benthic macro- and megainvertebrates from infaunal & epibenthic monitoring and research programs in the southern California bight, edition 12, 1 July 2018, xviii + 167 pp. PDF
STOUT, C. C., M. POLA, & Á. VALDÉS. 2010. Phylogenetic analysis of Dendronotus nudibranchs with emphasis on northeastern Pacific species. Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(4):367-375. PDF
Synonyms 2
Dendronotus diversicolor Robilliard, 1970.
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iNat Map
| Body | aeolidiform |
|---|---|
| Cerata | branched |
