Two new species and a remarkable record of the genus Dendronotus from the North Pacific and Arctic oceans (Nudibranchia).

ABSTRACT: Two new species of the nudibranch genus Dendronotus, Dendronotus arcticussp. n. and Dendronotus robilliardisp. n., are described from the Arctic and North Pacific oceans respectively, based on morphological and molecular data, and the North Pacific Dendronotus albus is revealed to be a species complex. The species Dendronotus robilliardisp. n. is described from the northwestern Pacific (Kamchatka) differing from the northeastern Pacific Dendronotus albus by molecular and morphological data. The synonymy of Dendronotus diversicolor with Dendronotus albus is confirmed by analysis of their original descriptions. An endemic Arctic species Dendronotus arcticussp. n. is also described here, differing subst

SUBMITTER: Korshunova T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5126522 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature