Dendronotus robilliardi | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Dendronotida |
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Species: | D. robilliardi |
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Dendronotus robilliardi Korshunova, Sanamyan, Zimina, Fletcher & Martynov, 2016 [1] | |
Synonyms | |
Dendronotus albussensu Robilliard, 1970 |
Dendronotus robilliardi is a species of sea slugs, a dendronotid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendronotidae. [2]
This species was correctly recognised as separate from Dendronotus albus by Robilliard in 1960. [3] However he identified it as D. albus and described the true D. albus as Dendronotus diversicolor . [1]
This marine animal can be found in the NE Pacific Ocean from Alaska to California and in the NW Pacific from Russia and Korea. [1]
This species grows to a maximum length of 40 mm. It is distinguished from Dendronotus albus by having more than four pairs of cerata, (typically 5 to 7), whilst D . albus is a bigger animal but has no more than four or five pairs. [3] The body and cerata are translucent white with opaque white and orange-yellow tips to the cerata, although in some cases the orange-yellow is absent. [4]
This species feeds preferentially on the hydroid Thuiaria argentea in the family Sertulariidae. [3] Dendronotus albus is said to prefer Abietinaria greenei , Hydrallmania distans and Abietinaria amphora . [3]
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