Summary

Nudibranchs are renowned for their dazzling array of colours and patterns, but one should not underestimate the true beauty of those that "lack" such pleasing asthetics. Introducing to you, Dendrodoris nigra! A velvet smooth black nudibranch found intertidally throughout tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. Many aspects of the fascinating life of D.nigra are discussed on this webpage including including its life history, internal anatomy and much more.

D.nigra, like all nudibranchs, has developed defences to compensate for its lack of shell. These include acidic secretions from glands in the mantle and its cryptic colouring which were investigated as part of a research project. This can be found under "Anatomy and Physiology".