Dendrodoris

Dendrodoris
Dendrodoris caesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea
Superfamily:	Phyllidioidea
Family:	Dendrodorididae
Genus:	Dendrodoris Ehrenberg, 1831[1]
Diversity
at least 40 species[2]

Dendrodoris is a genus of nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Dendrodorididae.

Species

Species so far described in this genus include:^[3][4]

• Dendrodris behrensi Millen & Bertsch, 2005^[5]
• Dendrodoris caesia (Bergh, 1907)
• Dendrodoris azineae Behrens & Valdés, 2004^[6]
• Dendrodoris denisoni (Angas, 1864)
• Dendrodoris fulva (MacFarland, 1905)
• Dendrodoris guttata (Odhner, 1917)
• Dendrodoris krebsii (Morch, 1863)
• Dendrodoris nigromaculata (Cockerell, 1905)
• Dendrodiris stohleri Millen & Bertsch, 2005^[5]
• Dendrodoris warta Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1976

References

1. ^ Ehrenberg C. G. (1831). Sym. Phys., Moll., sign. g. Plates are from 1828.
2. ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Dendrodoris Ehrenberg, 1831. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137883 on 2010-12-17
3. ^ http://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 12 August 2009
4. ^ GOSLINER, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
5. ^ ^{a b} Millen S. V. & Bertsch H. (2005). "Two New Species of Porostome Nudibranchs (Family Dendrodorididae) from the Coast of California (USA) and Baja Californica (Mexico)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences fourth series, 56(18): 189-199. PDF.
6. ^ Behrens D. W. & Valdés A. (2004). "A new species of Dendrodoris (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Dendrodorididae) from the Pacific coast of North America". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 55(21): 408-413. PDF.

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