The larva of the dendroceratid Dendrilla cactus is described on the basis of live observations and scanning electron microscopy. D. cactus broods its early developmental stages and produces a parenchymella larva that has uniform pink pigmentation. The larva is approximately 260 jum in length and is regionated into three zones: a posterior region bounded by a band of elongate cilia, a uniformly ciliated lateral surface, and an anterior region that is cone-shaped with ciliated cells larger than those of the lateral surface. Of described dendroceratid larvae, the larva of D. cactus is most similar to those of Aplysilla
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Woollacott et al. (1989) studied this question.