Dendronotus frondosus

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image = Dendronotus frondosus.jpg

| image_caption = Drawing of Dendronotus frondosus from Kunstformen der Natur (1904)

| taxon = Dendronotus frondosus

| authority = (Ascanius, 1774){{in lang|no}} Ascanius P. (1774). "Beskrivelse over en Norske Sneppe og et Södyr". Det Kongelige Norkse Videnskabers Selskab Skrifter 5: 153–158, pl. 5. Dendronotus frondosus is at 155–158, pl. 5, fig. 2.

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|Amphitrite frondosa|Ascanius, 1774 (original combination)

|Doris arborescens|O. F. Müller, 1776

|Tritonia arborescens|(O. F. Müller, 1776)

|Doris cervina| Gmelin, 1791

|Tritonia cervina| (Gmelin, 1791)

|Tritonia ascanii| Möller, 1842

|Tritonia felina| Alder & Hancock, 1842

|Tritonia pulchella| Alder & Hancock, 1842

|Campaspe pusilla| Bergh, 1863

|Campaspe major| Bergh, 1886

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Dendronotus frondosus, sometimes known by the common name frond eolis or bushy backed nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, specifically a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendronotidae.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. {{ISBN|3-925919-72-4}}. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278Gofas, S. (2015). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139523 Dendronotus frondosus.] In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-26

Distribution

This species was described from Norway. A specimen from Norway has been designated as a neotype.Ekimova, I.; Korshunova, T.; Schepetov, D.; Neretina, T.; Sanamyan, N.; Martynov, A. (2015). [https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12214 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. This species has been reported from the north-east and north-west Atlantic Ocean.Rudman, W.B., (1999). [http://www.seaslugforum.net/dendfron.htm Dendronotus frondosus.] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Records from the Pacific Ocean are now known to be distinct species.

Description

The size of the body attains 100 mm.

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