Dendrodoris herytra

Dendrodoris herytra Valdés & Ortea, 1996 in Valdés, Ortea, Avila & Ballesteros 1996

Biology

Etymology

• Dendrodoris. From Greek word dendros (tree) and Doris, a sea nymph in Greek mythology.
• Herytra. Latinization of the ancient Greek adjective “erytros” which means red, the most common colour in the adults of this species.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Dendrodoris herytra
Sources:
: OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG	: OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions

References for the species: Dendrodoris herytra

Cantabria: Ávila Escartín (1993, as D. grandiflora). Galicia: Ortea (1977c, as D. limbata and D. grandiflora), Rolán, Otero and Rolán-Álvarez (1989, as D. grandiflora), Valdés et al. (1996). Portugal: Gavaia et al. (2004), Calado et al. (2003). Andalucía (Atl.): Valdés et al. (1996), Cervera (unpubl. data). Gibraltar: García-Gómez (1984a, as Dendrodoris sp., 2002). Andalucía (Med.): Valdés et al. (1996). Canarias: Valdés et al. (1996), Ortea et al. (2001), Moro et al. (2003). Madeira: Valdés et al. (1996), Wirtz (1999). Azores: ? Bergh (1892, as Doriopsis limbata), Odhner (1931, as Dendrodoris grandiflora), Valdés et al. (1996), Villena et al. (1997), Wirtz (1995a, as Dendrodoris n. sp., 1998), Ávila et al. (1998), Ávila (2000), Malquias (2001).
General: Valdes & Ortea, in Valdes, Ortea, Avila, & Ballesteros, 1996:25[P]
Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.

Abundance

Western Mediterranean:
Eastern Mediterranean:
Atlantic Ocean: