Dendronotus albopunctatus Robilliard, 1972

Korshunova, Tatiana, Bakken, Torkild, GrØtan, Viktor V., Johnson, Kjetil B., Lundin, Kennet & Martynov, Alexander, 2021, A synoptic review of the family Dendronotidae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia): a multilevel organismal diversity approach, Contributions to Zoology 90 (1), pp. 93-153 : 111-112

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1163/18759866-BJA10014

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4623956

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scientific name

Dendronotus albopunctatus Robilliard, 1972
status

 

Dendronotus albopunctatus Robilliard, 1972 View in CoL

Dendronotusalbopunctatus Robilliard, 1972: 421–430 View in CoL , Figs 1–6 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3 View FIGURE 4 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURE 6 ; Behrens, 1980: 72; Behrens

and Hermosillo, 2005: 93; Lamb and Hanby, 2005: 264.

Extended diagnosis. Body wide. Four to five (plus one–two posterior) pairs of dorsolateral appendages. Six to 12 appendages of oral veil. Three to seven appendages (equal in size) of rhinophoral stalks. Lateral papilla of rhinophoral sheaths absent. Rhinophores with 9–17 lamellae. No lip papillae reported in the first description. Basal colour yellowwhite, palepink to red-brown, with red-brown spots and tiny opaque white spots scattered over whole body, solid white line along edge of foot and oral veil. Dorsal processes of jaws inclined posteriorly at approximately 50° to the longitudinal axis of the jaw body. Masticatory processes bear distinct denticles which increase in size towards the distal end of the process. Radula with upto 41 rows of teeth. Central tooth with up to 25 denticles. Up to 14 lateral teeth with up to 12 denticles. Ampulla voluminous, folded. Bursa copulatrix large, oval. Seminal receptaculum very small and placed distally at a short distance from the vaginal opening. Prostate discoid with about 11–16 alveolar glands. The vas deferens is long, penis short, conical. Body length up to 60 mm.

Distribution. NE Pacific, Washington and Oregon, USA.

Bathymetry. Depths of 18–40 m (soft substratum).

Remarks. Externally, D. albopunctatus is somewhat similar to other species that also inhabit soft substrata, such as D. robustus and D. velifer . However, its radular characters are more similar to those of the majority of Dendronotus species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Nudibranchia

Family

Dendronotidae

Genus

Dendronotus

Loc

Dendronotus albopunctatus Robilliard, 1972

Korshunova, Tatiana, Bakken, Torkild, GrØtan, Viktor V., Johnson, Kjetil B., Lundin, Kennet & Martynov, Alexander 2021
2021
Loc

Dendronotusalbopunctatus

Behrens, D. 1980: 72
Robilliard, G. 1972: 430
1972
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