''Dendrodoris krebsii'' is a
species of
sea slug, a
dorid
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nudibranch, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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in the
family Dendrodorididae
Dendrodorididae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the Superfamily Phyllidioidea.
Genera
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[Rosenberg, G. (2015). ''Dendrodoris krebsii''. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420607 on 2016-10-27]
Distribution
Distribution of ''Dendrodoris krebsii'' includes North and south American mainland from Georgia to
Rio de Janeiro State in southeastern Brazil.
It was also found in Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Virgin Islands, St. Martin, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Aruba, Curaçao,
Bonaire
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, Grenada and Panama.
Description
The shape of the body is oval to elongate.
The dorsum is soft and without tubercles.
Background color is extremely variable, white, black, orange, red or light green, with or without spots of red, black, gray or white.
and gill are usually the same color as the rest of the body with white tips.
The maximum recorded body length is 120 mm
[Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". '' PLoS ONE'' 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.] or up to 150 mm.
Color variability of ''Dendrodoris krebsii'':
Ecology
''Dendrodoris krebsii'' was found under coral rubble or rocks in Panama.
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.
Maximum recorded depth is 25 m.
This is one of the most common species of Nudibranchia in the Caribbean.
Members of this family are suctorial sponge feeders.
Prey of ''Dendrodoris krebsii'' include sponge ''
Haliclona
''Haliclona'' is a genus of demosponges in the family
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'' sp.
[Belmonte T., Alvim J., Padula V. & Muricy G. (2015). "Spongivory by nudibranchs on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil". ''Spixiana'' 38(2): 187–195]
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References
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[Goodheart J. A., Ellingson R. A., Vital X. G., Galvão Filho H. C., McCarthy J. B., Medrano S. M., Bhave V. J., García-Méndez K., Jiménez L. M., López G. & Hoover C. A. (2016). "Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama". ''Marine Biodiversity Records'' 9(1): 56. ]
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Dendrodorididae
Gastropods described in 1863