Nudi Pixel: Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs Identification with Photographs

Placida dendritica

Photographed by: Guido Zsilavecz

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Opisthobranchia
Order:	Sacoglossa
Family:	Limapontiidae
Species:	Placida dendritica

This has been identified as Placida dendritica, but is more like a distinct, endemic species. Needs more study.

The adult individuals are hardly visible in the middle of their spawn masses.

This species supposedly has a very wide distribution in most temperate seas around the world, a distribution that could have been aided by accidental transportation on ship’s hulls. The taxonomy of all these species needs careful reassessment.

Locality:

• South Africa
  • Cape Town (5) Jan
• Australia
  • Victoria (2) Feb, Nov
• UK
  • Scotland (1) Jun
• Spain
  • Costa Brava (1) Apr

 

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