Nudibranchia

Cephalaspidea

Sacoglossa

Anaspidea

Notaspidea


Anadoridoidea

Chromodorididae

Dendrodorididae

Dorididae

Phyllidiidae

Dendronotina

Arminina

Aeolidina

ORDER : NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder : DORIDINA
Superfamily : Eudoridoidea
Family : Dendrodorididae

 

In the Eudoridoidea the gills can be withdrawn into a pocket for protection. Another name for the superfamily is the "Cryptobranchia" which basically means "hidden gills".

The Dendrodorididae (O'Donoghue, 1924)


Dendrodoris (Ehrenberg, 1831)

Characteristics :

This group of dorid nudibranchs lack radular teeth and feed by secreting digestive enzyme into sponges and sucking the partially digested tissue.

 

Photo : D. denisoni

dendrodoris

 

Gills :

They have a prominent gill on the back

 

swollen rhinophore

Rhinophores :

Usually with very swollen rhinophore stalks

 

 

Photo : D. denisoni