Dermatobranchus albineus explained

Dermatobranchus albineus, common name the white-ridged nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.

Description

This species is small in size (up to 20 mm), with opaque white ridges along the body. The rhinophores (chemosensory tentacles) are small, oval-shaped, and feature longitudinal ridges. This is a pale-bodied nudibranch featuring raised, opaque white longitudinal ridges. ^[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Hottentots Huisie (Oudekraal), Atlantic coast, Cape Peninsula, Cape Province, South Africa -33.9873°N 38.8122°W at 7 m depth. Multiple specimens from this locality and east as far as Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth were included in the original description.

References

• Gosliner TM and Fahey SJ. . Previously undocumented diversity and abundance of cryptic species: a phylogenetic analysis of IndoPacific Arminidae Rafinesque, 1814 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) with descriptions of 20 new species of Dermatobranchus . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 2011 . 161 . 2 . 245-356.
• Book: Zsilavecz . G. . Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. . 2007 . Southern Underwater Research Group Press . Cape Town . 77.
• Book: Jones . G. . A Field Guide to the Marine Animals of the Cape Peninsula . 2008 . Southern Underwater Research Group Press . Cape Town . 247.
• Book: Gosliner . T. . Southern African Sea Slugs . 2023 . Southern Underwater Research Group Press . Cape Town.

Notes and References

1. Book: Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. . Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa . 2018 . Malachite Marketing and Media . Pretoria . 289 . 10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001 . 978-1-86868-098-6. 26 October 2024.