Dendronotus robilliardi Korshunova, Sanamyan, Zimina, Fletcher & Martynov, 2016

Description

A medium-sized Dendronotidae described from the North Pacific. Externally similar to the D. albus species group with which it had been confused; recognised as a semi-cryptic species, distinguished primarily by molecular data (16S etc.).

Distribution

Type locality NW Pacific, Kamchatka region. The original description is based on NW Pacific material; some specimens previously identified as D. albus from the NW Pacific are referable to this species.

Etymology

The specific epithet robilliardi honours Gordon Robilliard in recognition of his pioneering review of the genus Dendronotus.

Remarks

The same paper that described this species also described D. arcticus.

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References

• Dendronotus robilliardi sp. n., Martynov A., Korshunova T., Sanamyan N., Zimina O. & Fletcher K. (2016). Two new species and a remarkable record of the genus Dendronotus from the North Pacific and Arctic oceans (Nudibranchia). ZooKeys. 630: 19-42. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.630.10397
• ロビラードウミウシ（新称）, 中野理枝. (2018). 日本のウミウシ. 文一総合出版.
• ロビラードウミウシ Dendronotus robilliardi, Korshunova, T., Nakano, R., Fletcher, K., Sanamyan, N., & Martynov, A. (2019). First molecular confirmation of the presence of Dendronotus primorjensis Martynov, Sanamyan & Korshunova, 2015 in Japan and new distributional records of Dendronotus species in the North Pacific (Nudibranchia: Dendronotidae). Venus, 77(1-4), 1-14. doi:10.18941/venus.77.1-4_1
• Dendronotus robilliardi, Behrens D.W., Hermosillo A., Fletcher K. & Jensen G.C. (2022). Nudibranchs & Sea Slugs of the Eastern Pacific. Molamarine.