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Dendronotus frondosus Bushy Backed Dendronotid, Frond Aeolis, Christmas Tree Sea Slug

Dendronotus frondosus is commonly referred to as Bushy Backed Dendronotid, Frond Aeolis, Christmas Tree Sea Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Marlin Harms, California USA, California, USA

Dendronotus frondosus, Branched Dendronotus, California 2024

Just under 1" (~2 cm) long,At minus tide,North Point, Morro Strand State Beach,Morro Bay, California. There were several others of this species that were much smaller than this one.
Courtesy of the author Marlin Harms, California USA, California, USA Marlin Harms. Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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lexID:
6007 
AphiaID:
139523 
Scientific:
Dendronotus frondosus 
German:
Gemeine Bäumchenschnecke, Weihnachtsbaum-Schnecke 
English:
Bushy Backed Dendronotid, Frond Aeolis, Christmas Tree Sea Slug 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dendronotidae (Family) > Dendronotus (Genus) > frondosus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Ascanius, ), 1774 
Occurrence:
the North Sea, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Arctic (North Polar Sea), Barents Sea, California, Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, European Coasts, Greenland, Gulf of Maine, Mexico (East Pacific), North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Norway, Scandinavia, the British Isles, USA, West Coast USA, Yellow Sea 
Sea depth:
0 - 672 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Kelp forests, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 1.97" (5 cm) 
Temperature:
0,6 °F - 17,5 °F (0,6°C - 17,5°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-07-24 17:25:53 

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Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774)

Dendronotus frondosus is very variable in colour. This nudibranch is white or mottled with yellow, red or brown pigment. There may be up to nine pairs of gills. This nudibranch looks like seaweed or a water plant.

Dendronotus frondosus feeds on a variety of hydrozoon polyps.Juveniles usually feed on Obelia, Halecium and Sertularia.Adults feeds on Tubularia.

Synonymised names.
Amphitrite frondosa Ascanius, 1774 (original combination)
Campaspe major Bergh, 1886
Campaspe pusilla Bergh, 1863
Dendronotus arborescens (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Dendronotus reynoldsii (Couthouy, 1838)
Doris arborescens O. F. Müller, 1776
Doris cervina Gmelin, 1791
Tritonia ascanii Møller, 1842
Tritonia felina Alder & Hancock, 1842
Tritonia pulchella Alder & Hancock, 1842
Tritonia reynoldsii Couthouy, 1838 (dubious synonym)

External links

  1. artsdatabanken (no). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Encyclopedia of marine life of Britain and Ireland (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Spawn

Egg string laid in a tide pool by the nudibranch sea slug Dendronotus frondosus. Maine 2023
Dendronotus frondosus & eggs (Maine), USA 2017

Commonly

Dendronotus frondosus (c) by Alexander Semenov
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Dendronotus frondosus (c) by Alexander Semenov
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Dendronotus frondosus, Pillar Point 2014
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Dendronotus frondosus, Pillar Point 2014
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Dendronotus frondosus (c) by Alexander Semenov
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Dendronotus frondosus (c) by Alexander Semenov
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Dendronotus frondosus (c) by Alexander Semenov
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Dendronotus frondosus (c) by Alexander Semenov
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Dendronotus frondosus (c) by Alexander Semenov
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Dendronotus frondosus (c) by Alexander Semenov
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