Placida dendritica

Placida dendritica
	A live individual in situ, head end towards the left
	illustration in A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Limapontiidae
Genus:	Placida
Species:	P. dendritica
Binomial name
	Placida dendritica; (Alder, J. & A. Hancock, 1843)
Synonyms
	Hermaea dendritica Alder & Hancock, 1843;

Placida dendritica is a species of small sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Limapontiidae.^[1]

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Despite a superficial resemblance, this is not a nudibranch, it is a sacoglossan (i.e. it is in the order Sacoglossa).

Like most sacoglossans, Placida dendritica feeds on coenocytic green algae. It is able to retain the chloroplasts for a short period.^[2]

Distribution