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Dendronotus elegans

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Dendronotus elegans
Dendronotus elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dendronotidae
Genus: Dendronotus
Species:
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

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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

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  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.