Placida dendritica? from Norway
March 8, 2007
From: Erling Svensen
Hello from Norway
I was diving in the fjords of South Norway near Stavanter (North Sea) the 4. of March, and at only 1 meter of water I photographed this nudy. Could it be Placida dendritica? The temperature was only 4 degrees Centigrade, rocky bottom and some green seaweed.
Best regards
Erling Svensen
erling@egersund.com
Svensen, E., 2007 (Mar 8) Placida dendritica? from Norway. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19613
Dear Erling,
Unless I have totally missed the plot, this is the 'real' Placida dendritica. If you have a look at the Fact Sheet, and other messages on the Forum, you will see that there are a number of very similar looking species around the world which have been identified as P. dendritica.
In your photos we can see the white-tipped cerata and the concentrtaions of white spots? glands? in the upper half of the rhinophores. The close-up alongside nicely shows that the rhinophores are not a solid tentacular structure but are enrolled. The green branching in the body is the digestive gland - the green being chloroplasts obtained from its algal food.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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