Dendronotus iris Cooper, 1863

Korshunova, Tatiana, Bakken, Torkild, GrØtan, Viktor V., Johnson, Kjetil B., Lundin, Kennet & Martynov, Alexander, 2021, A synoptic review of the family Dendronotidae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia): a multilevel organismal diversity approach, Contributions to Zoology 90 (1), pp. 93-153 : 121-122

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https://doi.org/ 10.1163/18759866-BJA10014

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4623983

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scientific name

Dendronotus iris Cooper, 1863
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Dendronotus iris Cooper, 1863 View in CoL

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Dendronotus iris Cooper, 1863: 59 View in CoL ; MacFarland, 1966: 257–265, Pl. 47, Figs 12– 18; Plate 48, Figs 1–6 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3 View FIGURE 4 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURE 6 ; Pl. 49, Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 ; Pl. 50, Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ; Pl. 51, Figs 1–5 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3 View FIGURE 4 View FIGURE 5 ; Robilliard, 1970: 446–450, Figs 4–6 View FIGURE 4 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURE 6 , 10–12, Pl. 63, Fig. 30; Behrens, 1980: 74; Behrens & Hermosillo, 2005: 94.

Dendronotus giganteus O’Donoghue, 1921: 187–190 ; Pl. 4, Fig. 47; Pl. 5, Figs 57–59.

Extended diagnosis. Body relatively narrow. Four to eight pairs of branched dorsolateral appendages. Two to four oral veil appendages. Two to five appendages (longest internal) of rhinophoral stalks. Lateral papilla of rhinophoral sheaths present. Rhinophoreswith 15–31 lamellae. 20–40 lip papillae. Basal colour grayish to reddish-orange, with white line bordered foot edge. Dorsal processes of jaws inclined posteriorly at approximately 40° to the longitudinal axis of the jaw body and 0.35 of its length. Masticatory processes bear denticles (possibly including ridge-like structures and denticles). Radula with up to 61 rows of teeth. Central tooth quite narrow, with deep furrows and with up to 18 distinct denticles. Up to 21 lateral teeth commonly smooth, occasionally with up to eight denticles. Ampulla relatively narrow with numerous loops. Bursa copulatrix moderate in size, oval, bent. Seminal receptaculum small, placed distally at a moderately short distance from the vaginal opening. Prostate very long, non-discoid, linear, with numerous alveolar glands. The vas deferens is short, penis moderately short, straight, with blunt tip. Body length of live specimens may reach more than 20 cm.

Distribution. NE Pacific, from southern Alaska to California (but records from Baja California need to be confirmed). As an adult it feeds on cerianthid anthozoans ( Wobber, 1970; Shaw, 1991), quite different to other Dendronotus species.

Bathymetry. 10–30 mdepth.

Remarks. This species is clearly distinguished by a combination of external characters (uniform grayish to reddish-orange colour, massive dorsal appendages) and internal characters (linear instead of discoid prostate – unique for the genus), and also by adult behavioral patterns (special “rearing attack” feeding on species of Ceriantharia, e.g., Shaw, 1991). Dendronotusnanus Marcus et Marcus, 1967 was considered a synonym of D. iris ( Stout et al., 2010) , but in the absence of molecular data and presence of morphological differences (see below) we prefer to retain D. nanus as a separate species (see details below). Dendronotusiris possibly is the largest species of its genus.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Nudibranchia

Family

Dendronotidae

Genus

Dendronotus

Loc

Dendronotus iris Cooper, 1863

Korshunova, Tatiana, Bakken, Torkild, GrØtan, Viktor V., Johnson, Kjetil B., Lundin, Kennet & Martynov, Alexander 2021
2021
Loc

Dendronotus giganteus O’Donoghue, 1921: 187–190

O'Donoghue, C. 1921: 190
1921
Loc

Dendronotus iris

Behrens, D. & Hermosillo, A. 2005: 94
Behrens, D. 1980: 74
Robilliard, G. 1970: 446
MacFarland, F. M. 1966: 257
Cooper, J. 1863: 59
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