Placida dendritica

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Placida dendritica
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A live individual in situ, head end towards the left
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illustration in A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Limapontiidae
Genus: Placida
Species:
P. dendritica
Binomial name
Placida dendritica
(Alder, J. & A. Hancock, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
  • Hermaea dendritica Alder & Hancock, 1843

Placida dendritica is a species of minute sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Limapontiidae. [1]

Contents

Despite a superficial resemblance, this is not a nudibranch, it is a sacoglossan (i.e. it is in the order Sacoglossa).

Like most sacoglossans, Placida dendritica feeds on coenocytic green algae. It is able to retain the chloroplasts for a short period. [2]

Distribution

This species has been reported worldwide, but it is most likely a species complex. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS : Placida dendritica accessed : 13 October 2010]
    • Goodnight, S. (2012). Field and Laboratory Observations of Two Gulf of Maine Sacoglossans. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
  2. "The Sea Slug Forum - Placida dendritica". 9 June 2010.