Dendrodoris stohleri
Millen & Bertsch, 2005

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

DISTRIBUTION

Known only from Bahia de los Angeles, Gulf of California, Mexico.

PHOTO

Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico. Feb 1999. Photos: Michael D. Miller.

The body is low and elongate. The mantle is smooth, with a relatively narrow mantle skirt which is thrown into small folds. The six or seven tripinnate gills gills are near the posterior tip of the mantle in the dorsal midline, facing posteriorly when extended. It is similar in shape to Dendrodoris nigra.

The mantle is translucent, ranging in colour from a cream to brownish yellow, and is covered with small, irregularly shaped black patches, except for a clear band around the mantle edge. The body and foot are the same colour as the mantle but lack black pigmentation. The gills and rhinophores are the same colour as the background and may have a few black marks. Found from intertidal to 12 m. No mention of living size but largest preserved animal was 24 mm.

  • Millen, S.V. and Bertsch, H. (2005) Two new species of porostome nudibranchs (family Dendrodorididae) from the coasts of California (USA) and Baja California (Mexico). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 56(18): 189-199.
Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2005 (September 30) Dendrodoris stohleri Millen & Bertsch, 2005. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/dendstoh

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Dendrodoris stohleri - another new species

September 30, 2005
From: Bill Rudman

A few days ago I posted a Fact Sheet on Dendrodoris behrensi, which Sandra Millen and Hans Bertsch  have recently named. Also in that paper they described a second species, Dendrodoris stohleri. That paper was illustrated by photos by Michael D. Miller, which he has kindly given me permission to use on the Forum, so I am now able to post a Fact Sheet on Dendrodoris stohleri as well. Thanks Mike.   

  • Millen, S.V. and Bertsch, H. (2005) Two new species of porostome nudibranchs (family Dendrodorididae) from the coasts of California (USA) and Baja California (Mexico). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 56(18): 189-199.

Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Sep 30) Dendrodoris stohleri - another new species. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14857