Family
Dendronotid nudibranchs
Dendronotidae
- Species in the gallery
- 1
- Genera
- 1
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Description
Dendronotidae is a family of nudibranchs in the superfamily Dendronotoidea (suborder Cladobranchia), with the genera Dendronotus, Cabangus and Pseudobornella. Dendronotus, the largest genus, is mainly found in cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere, while Cabangus is known from the tropical Indo-West Pacific. Most species feed on hydroids. Some Dendronotus species can swim by flexing the body from side to side.
Identification
Dendronotids carry pairs of tall, branched, tree-like cerata along each side of the back, and the head bears an oral veil with branched papillae. The rhinophores sit in sheaths whose rims carry branched, crown-like processes. They differ from Tritoniidae, which have low tufted gills and live on octocorals, and from Tethydidae, which have a large oral hood and leaf-like cerata.
Genera
1 species
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