Dendronotidae Explained

Dendronotidae is a family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Dendronotoidea.^[1] This family is within the clade Cladobranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Description

Animals within this family have elongated bodies with numerous branching cerata on their dorsal sides. The cerata contain extensions from the digestive gland which vary in extent between species. The head has an oral veil having branching extensions. The lamellate rhinophores are surrounded by a sheath and branched extensions.^[2]

Genera and species

• Dendronotus
  • Dendronotus albopunctatus Robilliard, 1972
  • Dendronotus albus MacFarland, 1966 (synonym: Dendronotus diversicolor Robilliard, 1972)
  • Dendronotus arcticus Korshunova, Sanamyan, Zimina, Fletcher & Martynov, 2016
  • Dendronotus bathyvela Martynov, Fujiwara, Tsuchida, R. Nakano, N. Sanamyan, K. Sanamyan, Fletcher & Korshunova, 2020
  • Dendronotus claguei Valdés, Lundsten & N. G. Wilson, 2018
  • Dendronotus comteti Valdés & Bouchet, 1998
  • Dendronotus dalli Bergh, 1879
  • Dendronotus elegans A. E. Verrill, 1880
  • Dendronotus europaeus Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken & Picton, 2017
  • Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774) (synonyms: D. arborescens, D. reynoldsi)
  • Dendronotus gracilis Baba, 1949
  • Dendronotus iris J.G. Cooper, 1863 (synonym D. giganteus)
  • Dendronotus jamsteci Martynov, Fujiwara, Tsuchida, R. Nakano, N. Sanamyan, K. Sanamyan, Fletcher & Korshunova, 2020
  • Dendronotus kalikal Ekimova, Korshunova, Schepetov, Neretina, Sanamyan & Martynov, 2015
  • Dendronotus kamchaticus Ekimova, Korshunova, Schepetov, Neretina, Sanamyan & Martynov, 2015
  • Dendronotus lacteus (W. Thompson, 1840)
  • Dendronotus nordenskioeldi Korshunova, Bakken, Grøtan, Johnson, Lundin & Martynov, 2020
  • Dendronotus patricki Stout, N. G. Wilson & Valdés, 2011
  • Dendronotus primorjensis Martynov, Sanamyan & Korshunova, 2015
  • Dendronotus robilliardi Korshunova, Sanamyan, Zimina, Fletcher & Martynov, 2016
  • Dendronotus robustus Verrill, 1870
  • Dendronotus rufus O'Donoghue, 1921
  • Dendronotus subramosus MacFarland, 1966
  • Dendronotus velifer G. O. Sars, 1878
  • Dendronotus venustus MacFarland, 1966
  • Dendronotus yrjargul Korshunova, Bakken, Grøtan, Johnson, Lundin & Martynov, 2020
  • Dendronotus zakuro Martynov, Fujiwara, Tsuchida, R. Nakano, N. Sanamyan, K. Sanamyan, Fletcher & Korshunova, 2020
• Cabangus
  • Cabangus noahi (Pola & Stout, 2008)
  • Cabangus regius (Pola & Stout, 2008)
• Pseudobornella
  • Pseudobornella orientalis Baba, 1932

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Dendronotidae Allman, 1845. Accessed on 2020-09-03.
2. Korshunova, T., Bakken, T., Grøtan, V.V., Johnson, K.B., Lundin, K. & Martynov, A., 2020. A synoptic review of the family Dendronotidae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia): a multilevel organismal diversity approach. Contributions to Zoology. 1-61.