Dendronotus venustus
| Dendronotus venustus | |
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| Dendronotus venustus from Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, California | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Tritonioidea |
| Family: | Dendronotidae |
| Genus: | Dendronotus |
| Species: | D. venustus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendronotus venustus (MacFarland, 1966)[1] | |
Dendronotus venustus is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendronotidae.[2]
Distribution
This species can be found on the Pacific coast of North America. It was formerly confused with the North Atlantic species Dendronotus frondosus.[3]
Feeding habits
Dendronotus venustus depositing eggs (Princeton Harbor, California)
This species feeds on hydroids.[1]
References
- 1 2 MacFarland F.M. (1966) Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences VI: 1-546. page(s): 147.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Dendronotus venustus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-26.
- ↑ Stout C.C., Pola M. & Valdés Á. (2010) Phylogenetic analysis of Dendronotus nudibranchs with emphasis on northeastern Pacific species. Journal of Molluscan Studies 76: 367-375. page(s): 373
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