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Updated 10/23/2013

Family Dendrodorididae

HAWAII

Dendrodoris sp. 1

Sharks Cove, Oahu, 20 feet

 

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 20 feet

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 20 feet

Juvenile, Kona

RED DENDRODORIS

Uncommon in caverns with heavy sponge growth.  Maroon, rarely with faint reticulation, thin yellow margins, and white-tipped rhinophores.  Attains 3 inches.  Hawaii to the Eastern Indian Ocean.  An undescribed species formerly reported as 'Dendrodoris rubra'.