Dendronotus frondosus

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Dendronotus frondosus

Drawing of Dendronotus frondosus from Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Family:	Dendronotidae
Genus:	Dendronotus
Species:	D. frondosus
Binomial name
*Dendronotus frondosus* (Ascanius, 1774)^[1]
Synonyms^[2]
Amphitrite frondosa Ascanius, 1774 (original combination) Doris arborescens O. F. Müller, 1776 Tritonia arborescens (O. F. Müller, 1776) Doris cervina Gmelin, 1791 Tritonia cervina (Gmelin, 1791) Tritonia ascanii Möller, 1842 Tritonia felina Alder & Hancock, 1842 Tritonia pulchella Alder & Hancock, 1842 Campaspe pusilla Bergh, 1863 Campaspe major Bergh, 1886

Dendronotus frondosus, sometimes known by the common name frond eolis or bushy backed nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, specifically a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendronotidae.^[3]^[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from Norway. A specimen from Norway has been designated as a neotype.^[4] This species has been reported from the north-east and north-west Atlantic Ocean.^[5] Records from the Pacific Ocean are now known to be distinct species.^[4]

Description

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The size of the body attains 100 mm.

References

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^ (in Norwegian) Ascanius P. (1774). "Beskrivelse over en Norske Sneppe og et Södyr". Det Kongelige Norkse Videnskabers Selskab Skrifter 5: 153-158, pl. 5. Dendronotus frondosus is at 155-158, pl. 5, fig. 2.
^ ^a ^b Gofas, S. (2015). Dendronotus frondosus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-26
^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
^ ^a ^b Ekimova, I.; Korshunova, T.; Schepetov, D.; Neretina, T.; Sanamyan, N.; Martynov, A. (2015). Integrative systematics of northern and Arctic nudibranchs of the genus Dendronotus (Mollusca, Gastropoda), with descriptions of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 173(4): 841-886.
^ Rudman, W.B., (1999). Dendronotus frondosus. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dendronotus frondosus.

"Dendronotus frondosus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Photos of Dendronotus frondosus on Sealife Collection

Taxon identifiers
Dendronotus frondosus	Wikidata: Q226948 Wikispecies: Dendronotus frondosus BOLD: 32980 CoL: 34QZD EUNIS: 59523 GBIF: 2292071 iNaturalist: 423919 IRMNG: 10841164 ITIS: 78509 NBN: NBNSYS0000174877 NCBI: 71302 Observation.org: 19904 OBIS: 139523 Open Tree of Life: 553079 SeaLifeBase: 8559 WoRMS: 139523

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