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Dendrodoris Citrina
''Dendrodoris'' is a genus of nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Dendrodorididae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Dendrodoris Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137883 on 2012-06-09 Species Species so far described in this genus include: * '' Dendrodoris albobrunnea'' Allan, 1933 * '' Dendrodoris albopurpura'' Burn, 1957 * '' Dendrodoris angolensis'' Valdés & Ortea, 1996 * '' Dendrodoris arborescens'' (Collingwood, 1881) * '' Dendrodoris areolata'' (Alder & Hancock, 1864) * '' Dendrodoris atromaculata'' (Alder & Hancock, 1864) * '' Dendrodoris aurea'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) * '' Dendrodoris azineae'' Behrens & Valdes, 2004 * '' Dendrodris behrensi'' Millen & Bertsch, 2005Millen S. V. & Bertsch H. (2005). "Two New Species of Porostome Nudibranchs (Family Dendrodorididae) from the Coast of California (USA) and Baja Californica (Mexico)". ''Proceedings of the California Academ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dendrodoris Caesia
The blue-speckled nudibranch (''Dendrodoris caesia'') is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendrodorididae. Distribution This species has so far only been found around the southern African coast from the Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth subtidally to at least 20 m. It is probably endemic. Description The blue-speckled nudibranch is a large nudibranch with a frilly margin. The speckles can be almost continuous and in some specimens the animal is pink-speckled. The rhinophores are perfoliate and the gill rosette is large and blue-edged. It may reach a total length of 120 mm.ZSILAVECZ, G. 2007. ''Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay''. Ecology This species feeds on a yellow-brown sponge Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |