Dendronotus sp. 3
Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DENDRONOTINA
Family: Dendronotidae
DISTRIBUTION
Alaska to California (Behrens, 1991)
PHOTO
Oil Rigs off San Pedro, California, USA, April 2004. Photo: Bruce Wight
Animal translucent reddish brown with scattered opaque white spots all over. The cerata are lined with opaque white. No lateral processes on rhinophore sheath. Grows to at least 40 mm. Known in Behrens (1991) as Dendronotus sp. 1.
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Behrens, D. W. (1991) Pacific coast nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs, Alaska to Baja California, vi + 107 pp., 217
photos. Second Edition. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
Rudman, W.B., 2005 (February 9) Dendronotus sp. 3 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/dendronsp3