Dendronotus albus
Macfarland, 1966
Photographed by: Mike Bartick
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Dendronotina |
| Family: | Dendronotidae |
| Species: | Dendronotus albus |
Comment from Gary McDonald on photo #4601
Could be Dendronouts albus or Dendronotus diversicolor. I can't see the frontal veil nor determine the number of cerata in the photo.Dendronotus albus has frontal veil with 2 pairs of branched processes; general ground color translucent grayish-white; 4–8 pairs of cerata; usually tipped with orange-red.
Dendronotus diversicolor has frontal veil with 3 pairs of branched processes; ground color translucent grayish-white or lilac; 4–5 pairs of cerata.
Comment from Gary McDonald on photo #1513
I'm not positive which of two species this is. Dendronotus albus, has frontal veil with 2 pairs of branched processes; general ground color translucent grayish-white; 4–8 pairs of cerata; and Dendronotus diversicolor, has frontal veil with 3 pairs of branched processes; ground color translucent grayish-white or lilac; 4–5 pairs of cerata. This specimen has 4 pairs of cerata, & I can't see the number of branched processes on the frontal veil.Comment from Gary McDonald on photo #2885
Probably Dendronotus albus. Dendronotus albus has has 2 pairs of branched processes on the frontal veil and 4-8 pairs of cerata.The very similar Dendronotus diversicolor has 3 pairs of branched processes on the frontal veil and 4-5 pairs of cerata.
Locality:
- USA
- California (19) Jan, Apr, May, Jun, Aug, Dec
- Washington (4) Jan, Mar, Sep
- Canada
- British Columbia (1) Jan
- Indonesia
- Alor (1) Oct
