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Dendronotus albus White Frond-aeolis, White Dendronotid, White Dendronotus, White Dendronotid Sea Slug

Dendronotus albus is commonly referred to as White Frond-aeolis, White Dendronotid, White Dendronotus, White Dendronotid Sea Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Robin Gwen Agarwal, USA

Dendronotus albus,Pillar Point, California 2016


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lexID:
8114 
AphiaID:
548242 
Scientific:
Dendronotus albus 
German:
Weiße Bäumchenschnecke 
English:
White Frond-aeolis, White Dendronotid, White Dendronotus, White Dendronotid Sea Slug 
Category:
Nudibranchi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dendronotidae (Family) > Dendronotus (Genus) > albus (Species) 
Initial determination:
MacFarland, 1966 
Occurrence:
California, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, West Coast USA 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
- 30 Meter 
Size:
up to 1.38" (3.5 cm) 
Temperature:
46.4 °F - 60.8 °F (8°C - 16°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-10-22 11:56:27 

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Dendronotus albus MacFarland, 1966

Dendronotus albus is white with 4-5 pairs of cerata.There are two colour forms of this sea slug.Usually, cerata are orange-yellow tipped ore in rare cases white.

The White Frond-aeolis feeds exclusively on hydrozoon polyps, including soll Amphisbetia greenei, Hydrallmania distans and Abietinaria inconstans.

Similar to Dendronotus robilliardi.

Synonym:
Dendronotus diversicolor

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Two new species and a remarkable record of the genus Dendronotus from the North Pacific and Arctic oceans (Nudibranchia) (en). Abgerufen am 22.10.2023.
  3. Video Flickr Robin Gwen Agarwal (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2021.
  4. Wallawalla (en). Abgerufen am 22.10.2023.
  5. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Spawn

White Dendronotus laying eggs, Dendronotus albua, Montery 2024

Commonly

Dendronotus albus,Pillar Point, California 2016
Dendronotus albus (Pillar Point) 2024
Dendronotus albus with isopod passenger (Pillar Point) 2024
Dendronotus albus, White Dendronotus, Montana de Oro State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., California 2017
Dendronotus albus,Monterey County, California 2020
Dendronotus albus, California 2023

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