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Dendronotus patricki

Dendronotus patricki

Classification

Dendronotus patricki is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendronotidae. Distribution This species was described from a whalefall, a dead whale which was experimentally placed in Monterey Canyon, California at a depth of 1820 m (36°42′30″N 122°06′19″W). It was also seen on video from an ROV at another whalefall in Santa Cruz Basin, 33°29′40″N 119°22′04″W at a depth of 1676 m.

Distribution

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