Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Sacoglossa > Superfamily Plakobranchoidea > Family Limapontiidae > Genus Placida

Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Placida*	Trinchese, 1876	accepted genus name
*Laura*	Trinchese, 1873	junior homonym

Species group names

*Calliopaea dendritica*	Alder & Hancock, 1843	synonym
*Hermaea brevicornis*	A. Costa, 1867	synonym
*Hermaea dendritica*	(Alder & Hancock, 1843)	synonym
*Hermaea lutescens*	A. Costa, 1866	synonym
*Hermaea orbicularis*	A. Costa, 1866	synonym
*Hermaea ornata*	MacFarland, 1966	synonym
*Hermaea venosa*	Lovén, 1844	synonym
*Placida brevicornis*	(A. Costa, 1867)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: groene rolsprietslak sources: de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.

English: dendritic nudibranch; dendritic sea slug sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Bäumchen- Schlundsackschnecke sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: ミドリアマモウミウシ

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Jensen K.R. (1993). Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from Rottnest Island and central Western Australia. Pp. 207-253, in: Wells F.E., Walker D.I., Kirkman H. & Lethbridge R. (eds), Proceedings of the fifth international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Perth: Western Australian Museum.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.
additional source	Bleakney, J. S. (1996). Sea slugs of Atlantic Canada and the Gulf of Maine. The Nova Scotia Museum Field Guide Series. Nimbus Publishing. Halifax. 1-216.
additional source	Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141565