Dendronotus
| Dendronotus | |
|---|---|
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| Dendronotus iris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Tritonioidea |
| Family: | Dendronotidae |
| Genus: | Dendronotus Alder & Hancock, 1845 |
| Species: | see text |
| Type species | |
| Doris arborescens Müller O.F., 1776 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dendronotus is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Tritonioidea. [1]
This genus is within the clade Cladobranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Description
Dendronotus has an elongated, broad body, with 4 to 8 pairs of branched cerata on the notum. Animals in this genus have an obvious oral veil with 2 to 5 extensions. These extensions may be branched. Smaller unbranched extensions are found around the mouth. The rhinophores are surrounded by a sheath and the sheath itself has branched extensions. A large extension is found on the side at the base of each rhinophore. The anal opening occurs between the first and second set of dorsal cerata on the right side of the body.[2]
Diet
This genus feeds on hydroids (anemones), as reflected by its serrated radula.[3][4]
Species
- Dendronotus albopunctatus Robilliard, 1972
- Dendronotus albus MacFarland, 1966
- Dendronotus comteti Valdés & Bouchet, 1998
- Dendronotus dalli Bergh, 1879
- Dendronotus elegans A. E. Verrill, 1880
- Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774) (synonyms: D. arborescens, D. reynoldsi)
- Dendronotus gracilis Baba, 1949
- Dendronotus iris J.G. Cooper, 1863 (synonym: D. giganteus)
- Dendronotus lacteus (Thompson W., 1840)
- Dendronotus noahi Pola & Stout, 2008
- Dendronotus orientalis (Baba, 1932)
- Dendronotus patricki Stout, N. G. Wilson & Valdés, 2011
- Dendronotus regius Pola & Stout, 2008
- Dendronotus robustus Verrill, 1870 (synonym: D. velifer)
- Dendronotus rufus O'Donoghue, 1921
- Dendronotus subramosus MacFarland, 1966[6]
- Dendronotus venustus MacFarland, 1966
- Species brought into synonymy
- Dendronotus diversicolor Robilliard, 1972: synonym of Dendronotus albus MacFarland, 1966
- Dendronotus luteolus Lafont, 1871: synonym of Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774)
- Dendronotus nanus Marcus & Marcus, 1967: synonym of Dendronotus iris J. G. Cooper, 1863
- Dendronotus stellifer A. Adams & Reeve [in A. Adams], 1848: synonym of Bornella stellifer (A. Adams & Reeve [in A. Adams], 1848)
- Dendronotus tenellus A. Adams & Reeve [in A. Adams], 1848: synonym of Bornella stellifer (A. Adams & Reeve [in A. Adams], 1848)
- Dendronotus velifer Sars G.O., 1878: synonym of Dendronotus robustus A. E. Verrill, 1870
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Dendronotus Alder & Hancock, 1845. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137885 on 2015-01-22
- ↑ http://folk.ntnu.no/vmzotbak/nudibranchia/dendronotidae/dendronotidae.htm accessed 5 November 2009
- ↑ W. J. Lambert (1991). "Coexistence of Hydroid Eating Nudibranchs: Do Feeding Biology and Habitat Use Matter?". The Biological Bulletin 181 (2): 248–260. doi:10.2307/1542096.
- ↑ Robilliard, G. A. (1972). "A new species of Dendronotus from the northeastern Pacific with notes on Dendronotus nanus and Dendronotus robustus (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia)". Canadian Journal of Zoology 50 (4): 421–432. doi:10.1139/z72-060.
- ↑ Beddard, Frank Evers (1892). Animal Coloration, Swan Sonnenschein.
- ↑ http://www.catalogueoflife.org/browse_taxa.php?path=0,1,2,3,120,514,79076&selected_taxon=79076 accessed 5 November 2009
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
External links
- SEM images of its radula can be found at Thompson; Bebbington (1973). "Scanning electron microscope studies of gastropod radulae". Malacologia 14: 147–165.