Dendrodoris sp. 4

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Dendrodorididae

PHOTO

California. Photo: Bruce Wight

This is Dendrodoris sp. 3. in Dave Behrens book Pacific Coast Nudibranchs (1991). It is quite a different animal than the one on the Forum I have labelled Dendrodoris sp. 3. See message below. It has superficial similarities in colour to Diaulula sandiegiensis but the elongate body, narrow mantle skirt down each side, and the posterior facing gills, all distinguish from that species.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2003 (April 15) Dendrodoris sp. 4 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/dendsp4