Dendronotus claguei

Description

Size: 18 mm (preserved)

General: Body long, narrow, with 4-6 pairs of simple, elongate, dorso-lateral cerata. Velum composed of 4 narrow and elongate papillae. Rhinophores with very elongate stalks. Rhinophoral sheaths with 4 elongate, simple papillae on distal edges, the innermost papilla being much larger than the other three. Rhinophoral clubs elongate, with 11 simple lamellae. Color uniformly translucent white with some internal organs visible through the body wall as beige or yellowish areas.

Geographic Information

Habitat description: Benthic, hard substrate.

Ocean range (global): Gulf of California.

Published depth range: ~2369 m

Additional Information

References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Valdés, A., L. Lundsten, and N.G. Wilson (2018). Five new deep-sea species of nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Cladobranchia) from the Northeast Pacific. Zootaxa 4526 (4): 401–433.