Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Tritonioidea Species D. kalikal Genus Dendronotus | Class Gastropoda Family Dendronotidae Phylum Mollusca | |
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Dendronotus kalikal is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendronotidae.
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Etymology
The word kalikal means a variegated pattern in Koryak, one of the indigenous languages of Kamchatka.
Distribution
This species was described from five specimens collected at 14-16 m depth at Starichkov Island, Avachinsky Bay, Kamchatka, northwest Pacific Ocean, 52.77843°N 158.61726°E / 52.77843; 158.61726 and other specimens from slightly deeper water as well as one from 60 m depth in the Bering Strait.
Description
Dendronotus kalikal has a patterned body which is similar to Dendronotus frondosus, Dendronotus kamchaticus and Dendronotus venustus. It is distinguished from these species by details of the colour pattern, the branching of the dorsal appendages (cerata), the radula and molecular characters.