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Dendronotus gracilis

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Dendronotus gracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dendronotidae
Genus: Dendronotus
Species:
D. gracilis
Binomial name
Dendronotus gracilis
Baba, 1949[1]

Dendronotus gracilis is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendronotidae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from Sagami Bay, Japan. It has been reported from Okinawa and New Zealand.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Baba, K. (1949). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. 194 pp., 50 pls. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Dendronotus gracilis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-02-08.
  3. ^ Pola M. & Stout C.C. (2008). Description of the first two tropical Indo-Pacific species of Dendronotus (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with new data of the poorly known species Dendronotus gracilis Baba, 1949. Zootaxa, 1960: 45-66