Dendronotus frondosus

Dendronotus frondosus

Drawing of Dendronotus frondosus from Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Dendronotida
Superfamily:	Tritonioidea
Family:	Dendronotidae
Genus:	Dendronotus
Species:	D. frondosus
Binomial name
*Dendronotus frondosus* (Ascanius, 1774)^[1]
Synonyms^[2]
Amphitrite frondosa Ascanius, 1774 Tritonia arborescens (O. F. Müller, 1776) Doris arborescens O. F. Müller, 1776 Doris cervina Gmelin, 1791 Tritonia cervina (Gmelin, 1791) Tritonia reynoldsii Couthouy, 1838 Tritonia lactea (Thompson, 1840) Tritonia ascanii Möller, 1842 Tritonia felina Alder & Hancock, 1842 Tritonia pulchella Alder & Hancock, 1842 Amphitritidea fabricii Michaelis & Scherk, 1847 Campaspe pusilla Bergh, 1863 Dendronotus luteolus Lafont, 1871 Dendronotus aurantiacus Friele, 1879 Dendronotus purpureus Bergh, 1879 Campaspe major Bergh, 1886 Dendronotus rufus O'Donoghue, 1921 Dendronotus venustus MacFarland, 1966

Dendronotus frondosus is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendronotidae.^[3]

References

^ (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.
^ "Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774)". Malacolog Version 4.1.1. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. accessed 17 February 2010.
^ 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