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 > Genus Dendronotus

Dendronotus elegans A. E. Verrill, 1880

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dendronotus*	Alder & Hancock, 1845	accepted genus name
*Amphitrite*	Ascanius, 1774	junior homonym

Species group names

*Dendronotus niveus*	Ekimova, Korshunova, Schepetov, Neretina, Sanamyan & Martynov, 2015	synonym

Literature

original description	Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of recent addition to the marine Invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part II - Mollusca, with notes on Annelida, Echinodermata, etc, collected by the United States Fish Commission. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 3: 356-409.
basis of record	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
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.
source of synonymy	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 elegans A. E. Verrill, 1880. 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:156710