Three new species of the genus Dendronotus from Japan and Russia (Mollusca, Nudibranchia)

Three new species of the genus Dendronotus are described from the North Pacific waters of Japan and Russia. For the first time since 1949, three new species, D. jamsteci sp. nov., D. zakuro sp. nov. and D. bathyvela sp. nov. are described from the waters of the Japanese Islands. D. zakuro sp. nov. w...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: MARTYNOV, ALEXANDER, FUJIWARA, YOSHIHIRO, TSUCHIDA, SHINJI, NAKANO, RIE, SANAMYAN, NADEZHDA, SANAMYAN, KAREN, FLETCHER, KARIN, KORSHUNOVA, TATIANA
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2020
Subjects:
Mollusca
morphological data
molecular phylogeny
multilevel fine-scale diversity
new species
North Pacific Ocean
taxonomy
Pacific
Kamchatka
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4747.3.4
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Summary:Three new species of the genus Dendronotus are described from the North Pacific waters of Japan and Russia. For the first time since 1949, three new species, D. jamsteci sp. nov., D. zakuro sp. nov. and D. bathyvela sp. nov. are described from the waters of the Japanese Islands. D. zakuro sp. nov. was also discovered in the waters of Russia (Kamchatka). The descriptions of the new species D. jamsteci sp. nov. and D. zakuro sp. nov. are based on morphological and molecular data; D. bathyvela sp. nov. morphologically belongs to the group of D. robustus, D. velifer and D. patricki. This study revises our knowledge of North Pacific species of the genus Dendronotus, considerably expands the number of species worldwide and contributes to the multilevel fine-scale diversity concept.

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