Dendronotus diversicolor from California

August 11, 2002
From: Bruce Wight


Dear Bill,
Here is a photo of a Dendronotus laying eggs at San Miguel Island, [California, July 2002].
Thanks,
Bruce Wight

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Wight. B., 2002 (Aug 11) Dendronotus diversicolor from California. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7707

Dear Bruce,
As with your earlier photo, I am pretty sure this is a white form of D. diversicolor. It looks very like Dendronotus dalli, but D. dalli has 6-7 pairs of branching gills, whereas D. diversicolor has 4 pairs. Also D. diversicolor has a white median line on the posterior end of the foot, which I think I can see in your photo. Also, as far as I know D. dalli doesn't occur as far south as California.
Cheers,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Aug 11). Comment on Dendronotus diversicolor from California by Bruce Wight. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7707

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