Dendronotus dalli

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Dendronotus dalli
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D. dalli
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Dendronotus dalli
Bergh, 1879 [1]

Dendronotus dalli is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendronotidae. [2]

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Distribution

This species was described from the Bering Sea. [1] It can be found along the west coast of North America from the Bering Sea, Alaska to Puget Sound, Washington. [3] [4] Similar looking animals from the White Sea and Barents Sea, North Atlantic have been demonstrated to be a distinct species, Dendronotus niveus . [5]

Diet

Dendronotus dalli feeds on the hydroids Abietinaria rigida and Abietinaria amphora , family Sertulariidae. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bergh, L.S.R. (1879) On the nudibranchiate gasteropod Mollusca of the North Pacific Ocean, with special reference to those of Alaska, part 1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 31: 71-132, Pls.1-8, page 94.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Dendronotus dalli. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-28.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (October 25) Dendronotus dalli Bergh 1879. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 93.
  5. Ekimova, I.; Korshunova, T.; Schepetov, D.; Neretina, T.; Sanamyan, N.; Martynov, A. (2015). Integrative systematics of northern and Arctic nudibranchs of the genus Dendronotus (Mollusca, Gastropoda), with descriptions of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 173(4): 841-886.
  6. Robilliard, G.A. (1970). The systematics and some aspects of the ecology of the genus Dendronotus. The Veliger, 12: 433–479, page 452..