Tiny Dendronotus from southern Maine

June 29, 2001
From: Paul Young


This small (under 1 cm) animal was at a depth of about 10m. It may be a juvenile D. frondosus.

This one was photographed by my wife, Charlotte Richardson.

Note: the blue background is part of my wetsuit; it is very rare for New England water to be blue! Particularly during the spring plankton season, our water is a beautiful green.
Paul Young

young@underwater.org

Young, P., 2001 (Jun 29) Tiny Dendronotus from southern Maine. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4677

Note added 30 Jan 2002: See Chad Sisson's message identifying this as D. frondosus.

Dear Paul,
I am following the suggestion in Jussi Evertsen's message and considering all your photos as being of the same variable species Dendronotus frondosus. Jussi shows two extremes of the colour variation in northern Europe. In case we're wrong, I'll keep them on a separate page as Dendronotus cf. frondosus. I suspect this will not be resolved until someone has a closer look at your east coast fauna.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jun 29). Comment on Tiny Dendronotus from southern Maine by Paul Young. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4677

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