Dendronotus rufus

Dendronotus rufus is a fairly large animal 15 to 28 cm. It occurs over a very narrow range, reported only from Auke Bay, Alaska south to Seattle. Easily identified by white body and red to magenta body appendages. Two color variations of a similar newly discovered undescribed species from this same locatily is shown in Behrens (1980 & 1991). This new species while more variable in color, is red all over with white specks. Both differ signifcantly from the smaller D. albopunctatus.

As a new feature to the Slug Site, a different nudibranch will be selected on a weekly basis for enchanced display.


David W. Behrens

Author: Pacific Coast Nudibranchs
Co-Author Coral Reef Animals of the Indo Pacific
Propriator of Sea Challengers Natural History Books !

Send Dave mail at seachalleng@earthlink.net

For those of you interested in the photographic background information of the images, the following may be of interest!
Camera System: Tussey T-300 underwater housing with FM-2/Nikon 60mm lens.

Strobe: Ikelite Ai

Film: Fuji Velvia

Site: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Photo Editing: PhotoStyler 2.0 on 486 DX-2 33 mhz/ 64 megs RAM

© The Slug Site, Michael D. Miller 1998 All Rights Reserved.


Last Updated 10:49 AM on 12/15/98