Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Cladobranchia > Superfamily Dendronotoidea > Family Dendronotidae

Dendronotus Alder & Hancock, 1845

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amphitrite*	Ascanius, 1774	junior homonym; nom. inval.

Children

Dendronotus arcticus Korshunova, Sanamyan, Zimina, Fletcher & Martynov, 2016
Dendronotus comteti Á. Valdés & Bouchet, 1998
Dendronotus elegans A. E. Verrill, 1880
Dendronotus europaeus Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken & Picton, 2017
Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774)
Dendronotus keatleyae Korshunova, Grøtan, K. B. Johnson, Bakken, Picton & Martynov, 2023
Dendronotus lacteus (W. Thompson, 1840)
Dendronotus robustus A. E. Verrill, 1870
Dendronotus velifer G. O. Sars, 1878
Dendronotus yrjargul Korshunova, Bakken, Grøtan, K. B. Johnson, Lundin & Martynov, 2020

Literature

original description	Alder, J. & A. Hancock. (1845-55). A monograph of the British Nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. Ray Society, London. 1-54, pls.1-48.
additional source	Ekimova, I.; Valdés, Á.; Chichvarkhin, A.; Antokhina, T.; Lindsay, T.; Schepetov, D. (2019). Diet-driven ecological radiation and allopatric speciation result in high species diversity in a temperate-cold water marine genus Dendronotus (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 141: 106609.
additional source	Ekimova, I.; Korshunova, T.; Schepetov, D.; Neretina, T.; Sanamyan, N.; Martynov, A. (2015). Integrative systematics of northern and Arctic nudibranchs of the genus Dendronotus (Mollusca, Gastropoda), with descriptions of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 173(4): 841-886.
additional source	Stout, C. C.; Pola, M.; Valdés, Á. (2010). Phylogenetic analysis of Dendronotus nudibranchs with emphasis on northeastern Pacific species. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 76, 367-375.
taxonomy source	Korshunova, T.; Bakken, T.; Grøtan, V. V.; Johnson, K. B.; Lundin, K.; Martynov, A. (2020). A synoptic review of the family Dendronotidae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia): a multilevel organismal diversity approach. Contributions to Zoology. 90(1): 93-153.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dendronotus Alder & Hancock, 1845. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137885