Black Doris

Dendrodoris nigra is a marine species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dendrodorididae.

Description

Dendrodoris nigra has body lengths up to 7 cm (77 mm) long. Black, sometimes with cream or white spots, the rhinophores with an elongated white knob at the tip. The edge of the mantle is frilly, the rest of the body very soft and slimy. However, this species can have marginal or submarginal red or pink border.

Habitat

This species lives in the Eulittoral zone under rocks and boulders on coral rubble, gravel, algal beds or shelly sand in sheltered bays. They live in Tropical to warm temperate waters.

Distribution

This species lives in regions such as the West Indian Ocean, Red Sea to west Pacific Ocean; tropical Indo-Pacific.