Biology:Dendronotus elegans

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Dendronotus elegans
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Dendronotus elegans
Scientific classification
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(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida
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D. elegans
Binomial name
Dendronotus elegans
A.E. Verrill, 1880[1]

Dendronotus elegans is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendronotidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from 48 m depth off Cape Cod, Massachusetts , Atlantic Ocean [ ⚑ ] 42°10′N 70°13′W / 42.16°N 70.22°W / 42.16; -70.22. It is a possible synonym of Dendronotus frondosus.[3]

References

  1. Verrill, A. E. 1880. Notice of recent additions to the marine Invertebrata, of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 3 356-405: page 385.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Dendronotus elegans. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-31.
  3. Thompson, T. E., & G. H. Brown. 1984. Biology of opisthobranch molluscs, vol. 2, 229 pp., 41 pls. Ray Society, no. 156.

Wikidata ☰ Q13585013 entry