Dendronotus rufus

Short description: Species of gastropod

Dendronotus rufus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  |

Animalia

Phylum:  |

Mollusca

Class:  |

Gastropoda

(unranked):  |

clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida

Superfamily:  |

Tritonioidea

Family:  |

Dendronotidae

Genus:  |

Dendronotus

Species:  |

D. rufus

Binomial name
Dendronotus rufus

O'Donoghue, 1921[1]

Dendronotus rufus is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendronotidae.[2]

## Distribution

This species was described from specimens dredged at 22–38 m depth between Brandon Island and Departure Bay and from Nanoose Bay, British Columbia. It can be found on the Pacific Ocean coast of North America from Auke Bay, Alaska to Seattle, Washington (state) , United States.[3][4]

## Biology

This species feeds on hydroids and scyphozoans.[3] It has been suggested that this species defends it eggs from starfish predators.[5]

## References

1. ↑ O'Donoghue, Charles Henry. (1921) Nudibranchiate Mollusca from the Vancouver Island region. Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute 13(1):147-209, pls. 7-11 [1-5].
2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Dendronotus rufus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-02-08.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 95.
4. ↑ Stout C.C., Pola M. & Valdés Á. (2010) Phylogenetic analysis of Dendronotus nudibranchs with emphasis on northeastern Pacific species. Journal of Molluscan Studies 76: 367-375. page(s): 373
5. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2006 (January 31) Dendronotus rufus O'Donoghue, 1921. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

Wikidata ☰ Q5065034 entry

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendronotus rufus. Read more

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Biology:Dendronotus_rufus&oldid=598570"