Dendrodoris krusensternii (J. E. Gray, 1850)
- Location
- USAT Liberty Shipwreck, Tulamben, Pulau Bali, Indonesia
- Date
- 2015/05/25
- Length
- 30mm
- Depth
- 5.0m
- Water temperature
- 29.0℃
Description
A large dendrodorid reaching about 60 mm in length. Body colour highly variable: reddish-brown, yellow-ochre, dark grey, etc. The dorsum is covered with rounded tubercles ranging from yellowish-grey to brown or reddish-brown. Between the tubercles the surface bears scattered blue to pale-blue rounded patches, varying from brilliant peacock-blue to pale blue and numbering from one to several per inter-tubercular space. The mantle border is thin and bears scattered white markings. Rhinophores match the body colour with white tips. Branchial gills also match the body colour, sometimes speckled with fine white dots.Distribution
Widespread Indo-Pacific: South Africa, Réunion, Thailand, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, Midway Atoll, and Hawaii.Etymology
The specific epithet krusensternii honours the Russian explorer and naval officer Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770-1846), commander of the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe.Remarks
Dendrodoris denisoni (Angas, 1864) and Dendrodoris gunnamatta Allan, 1932 are treated as junior synonyms.References
- Dendrodoris denisoni (Angas), Allan J.K. (1947). Nudibranchia from the Clarence River Heads, north coast, New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum, 21(8): 433-463, pls. xli-xliii and map. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.21.1947.561
- ミヤコウミウシ（新稱）, Baba K. (1949). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan (相模湾産後鰓類図譜). Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo. 4+2+194+7 pp., pls. 1-50.
- 高岡生物研究会. (2002). 日本海のウミウシ. 第2版.
- Valdés Á. & Fahey S.J. (2006) Dorid nudibranchs described by J.E. Gray in M.E. Gray, 1842-1857 (Mollusca Opisthobranchia). Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 69: 95-102.
- Dendrodoris denisoni, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2018). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific 2nd Edition. New World Pubns Inc.
- ミヤコウミウシ, 小野篤司 & 加藤昌一. (2020). 新版 ウミウシ. 誠文堂新光社.
- Dendrodoris krusensternii, Nimbs M.J. & Smith S.D.A. (2021). Genetic Evidence Confirms That the Porostomate Nudibranch Dendrodoris gunnamatta Allan, 1932 Is a Morphotype of Dendrodoris krusensternii (Gray, 1850) (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Taxonomy. 1(2): 152-159. https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy1020012
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Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2018). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific 2nd Edition. New World Pubns Inc.
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