Dendrodoris krebsii explained

Dendrodoris krebsii is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendrodorididae.^[1]

Distribution

Distribution of Dendrodoris krebsii includes North and south American mainland from Georgia to Rio de Janeiro State in southeastern Brazil. It was also found in Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Virgin Islands, St. Martin, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Grenada and Panama.

Description

The shape of the body is oval to elongate. The dorsum is soft and without tubercles. Background color is extremely variable, white, black, orange, red or light green, with or without spots of red, black, gray or white. Rhinophores and gill are usually the same color as the rest of the body with white tips. The maximum recorded body length is 120 mm^[2] or up to 150 mm.

Color variability of Dendrodoris krebsii:

Ecology

Dendrodoris krebsii was found under coral rubble or rocks in Panama. Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 25 m.^[2] This is one of the most common species of Nudibranchia in the Caribbean.

Members of this family are suctorial sponge feeders. Prey of Dendrodoris krebsii include sponge Haliclona sp.^[3]

References

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Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Dendrodoris krebsii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420607 on 2016-10-27
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. .
3. Belmonte T., Alvim J., Padula V. & Muricy G. (2015). "Spongivory by nudibranchs on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil". Spixiana 38(2): 187–195. PDF.
4. Goodheart J. A., Ellingson R. A., Vital X. G., Galvão Filho H. C., McCarthy J. B., Medrano S. M., Bhave V. J., García-Méndez K., Jiménez L. M., López G. & Hoover C. A. (2016). "Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama". Marine Biodiversity Records 9(1): 56.