Canadian Register of Marine Species - Dendronotus Alder & Hancock, 1845

CaRMS taxon details

Dendronotus Alder & Hancock, 1845

AphiaID

137885 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137885)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Dendronotidae Allman, 1845

Original name

Dendronotus Alder & Hancock, 1845

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Species Dendronotus dalli Bergh, 1879
Species Dendronotus elegans A. E. Verrill, 1880
Species Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774)
Species Dendronotus robustus A. E. Verrill, 1870

Environment

marine

Original description

Alder, J. & A. Hancock. (1845-55). A monograph of the British Nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. Ray Society, London. 1-54, pls.1-48., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/65015
page(s): 47 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dendronotus Alder & Hancock, 1845. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137885 on 2026-06-14

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Dendronotus Alder & Hancock, 1845. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137885 on 2026-06-14

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2011-07-21 18:17:50Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-04-19 21:48:36Z

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Gofas, Serge

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original description Alder, J. & A. Hancock. (1845-55). A monograph of the British Nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. Ray Society, London. 1-54, pls.1-48., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/65015
page(s): 47 [details]

taxonomy source 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. 90(1): 93-153., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344093972_A_synoptic_review_of_the_family_Dendronotidae_Mollusca_Nudibranchia_A_multilevel_organismal_diversity_approach [details]

additional source Stout, C. C.; Pola, M.; Valdés, Á. (2010). Phylogenetic analysis of Dendronotus nudibranchs with emphasis on northeastern Pacific species. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 76, 367-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyq022 [details] Available for editors

additional source Ekimova, I.; Korshunova, T.; Schepetov, D.; Neretina, T.; Sanamyan, N.; Martynov, A. (2015). Integrative systematics of northern and Arctic nudibranchs of the genus Dendronotus (Mollusca, Gastropoda), with descriptions of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 173(4): 841-886., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12214 [details] Available for editors

additional source Ekimova, I.; Valdés, Á.; Chichvarkhin, A.; Antokhina, T.; Lindsay, T.; Schepetov, D. (2019). Diet-driven ecological radiation and allopatric speciation result in high species diversity in a temperate-cold water marine genus Dendronotus (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 141: 106609., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106609 [details]