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Description
Dendrodoris is a genus of dorid nudibranchs in the family Dendrodorididae; Wikipedia lists at least 40 species. They are large, soft-bodied, nocturnal slugs that lack a radula and feed by suction on sponges and the microorganisms living on them. The genus is known from Hawaii (Indo-Pacific) and from the Mediterranean, where D. limbata is common under stones from shallow water down to about 30-40 m.
Identification
The body is soft and lacks spicules, there is no radula, and in many species the mantle bears elaborate tubercles. The rhinophores are retractable and the gills form a rosette of feathery leaves. In D. limbata the mantle edge is wavy with a yellow band, and the gill has six tripinnate leaves.
Species in this genus (2)
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