MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Dendronotus Alder & Hancock, 1845

ERMS taxon details

Dendronotus Alder & Hancock, 1845

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Doris arborescens O. F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Dendronotidae Allman, 1845

Original name

Dendronotus Alder & Hancock, 1845

Synonymised names

Amphitrite Ascanius, 1774 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)

Invalid: junior homonym of Amphitrite Müller, 1771 [Annelida]

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Species Dendronotus arcticus Korshunova, Sanamyan, Zimina, Fletcher & Martynov, 2016
Species Dendronotus comteti Á. Valdés & Bouchet, 1998
Species Dendronotus elegans A. E. Verrill, 1880
Species Dendronotus europaeus Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken & Picton, 2017
Species Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774)
Species Dendronotus keatleyae Korshunova, Grøtan, K. B. Johnson, Bakken, Picton & Martynov, 2023
Species Dendronotus lacteus (W. Thompson, 1840)
Species Dendronotus robustus A. E. Verrill, 1870
Species Dendronotus velifer G. O. Sars, 1878
Species Dendronotus yrjargul Korshunova, Bakken, Grøtan, K. B. Johnson, Lundin & Martynov, 2020
Species Dendronotus luteolus Lafont, 1871 accepted as Dendronotus lacteus (W. Thompson, 1840) (dubious synonym)
Species Dendronotus niveus Ekimova, Korshunova, Schepetov, Neretina, Sanamyan & Martynov, 2015 accepted as Dendronotus elegans A. E. Verrill, 1880

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: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137885 on 2026-01-18

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Dendronotus Alder & Hancock, 1845. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137885 on 2026-01-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2011-07-21 18:17:50Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2015-04-19 21:48:36Z

changed

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]

original description (of Amphitrite Ascanius, 1774) Ascanius P. (1774). Beskrivelse over en Norske sneppe og et sødyr. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter. 5: 153-158, pl. 5. [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. [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]