About Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843) is a species of small sea slug. It is a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk, also classified as a micromollusk, that belongs to the family Limapontiidae. While it may look similar to nudibranchs at first glance, this species is not a nudibranch – it is a sacoglossan, placing it in the order Sacoglossa. Like most sacoglossans, Placida dendritica feeds on coenocytic green algae. It can retain the algae’s chloroplasts in its body for a short period of time. This species has been reported across the globe, but it is most likely actually a species complex rather than a single species.
