Dendronotus frondosus

Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774)

Dendronotus frondosus (Sweden) by Klas Malmberg

Taxonomy

	Superdomain	Biota
	Kingdom	Animalia
	Phylum	Mollusca
	Class	Gastropoda
	Subclass	Heterobranchia
	Infraclass	Euthyneura
	Subterclass	Ringipleura
	Superorder	Nudipleura
	Order	Nudibranchia
	Suborder	Cladobranchia
	Superfamily	Dendronotoidea
	Family	Dendronotidae
	Genus	Dendronotus
	Species	Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774)

	Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 139523).

Taxonomic note: The name D. venustus is resurrected for eastern Pacific populations previously considered to be D. frondosus. Pacific D. venustus display consistent morphological and molecular differences from Atlantic D. frondosus (Stout et al. 2010).

Synonyms

Amphitrite frondosa Ascanius, 1774 (original)
Dendronotus luteolus Lafont, 1871
Doris arborescens Müller O.F., 1776
Tritonia pulchella Alder & Hancock, 1842
Tritonia reynoldsii Couthouy, 1838

Description

Biology

Etymology

Dendronotus. From Greek “dendron”, tree + “noton”, back, dorsum.
Frondosus. From Latin “frondosus”, leafy, abounding in foliage.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Dendronotus frondosus
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: Dendronotus frondosus

Cantabria: Hidalgo (1916, as D. arborescens).

General: Abe, 1964:87[P]; Alder & Hancock, 1845b:fam. 3, pl. 3[P]; Baba, 1993:29[P]; Behrens, 1980:74[P]; 1991:76[P]; Brown & Picton, 1979:5; Colgan, 1914:194; Dahl, 1925:163; Dekker, 1989:101; Farmer, 1980:70; Fez Sanchez, 1974:64; Hayward, Wigham & Yonow, 1990:709; Jutting & Engel, 1936:54; Larsen, 1925:38; Lemche, 1938:13; 1941a:15; Loyning, 1927:248; MacFarland, 1966:256; MacGinitie, 1959:144; Marcus & Marcus, 1961:34; 1969a:27; McDonald, 1983:173; McDonald & Nybakken, 1980:56[P]; Meyer, 1970:142; Nordsieck, 1972:67; Odhner, 1926a:17; 1939:45; Picton & Morrow, 1994:36[P]; Pruvot-Fol, 1954b:355; Robilliard, 1962:93; 1970:441[P]; 1975:44; Roginskaya, 1987d:173; Swennen, 1987:37; Thompson, 1976a:[P]; 1988:124; Thompson & Brown, 1976:66; 1984:22[P]; Vayssiere, 1913:7; 1913a:257

Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.

Abundance

Western Mediterranean:
Eastern Mediterranean:
Atlantic Ocean:

More pictures

Dendronotus frondosus Pale form, possibly Dendronotus lacteus – Rathlin Island, Co. Down, Ireland. 9 June 2005. – Photograph ©Bernard Picton

Dendronotus frondosus Maidens, Larne, Northern Ireland. 22 July 2008. – Photograph ©Bernard Picton

Dendronotus frondosus by Alexander Semenov

Dendronotus frondosus with spawn by Alexander Semenov

Bibliography

Bibliography based on the works by Steve Long, 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000 and Gary McDonald, 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia, with later updates from other resources.

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2012-2019) "Dendronotus frondosus" in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 14/10/2014, Accessed: 21/04/2019 at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/6pp4K)

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