Dendronotus purpureus Bergh 1879
Creators
- 1. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Vavilovastr. 26, 119334 Moscow, Russia
- 2. NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- 3. Ørland Froskemannsklubb (Ørland Diveclub), Postboks 197, 7129 Brekstad, Norway
- 4. Gothenburg Natural History Museum, Box 7283, 40235, Gothenburg, Sweden Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Box 461, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden
- 5. Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 6 125009 Moscow, Russia martynov @ zmmu. msu. ru
Description
Dendronotus purpureus Bergh, 1879
Dendronotuspurpureus Bergh, 1879: 89–93, Pl. I, Figs 18–20; Pl. 3, Figs 7 –12.; Bergh, 1904:15; MacFarland, 1966: 254; Odhner, 1936:1108.
Non Dendronotuspurpureus var. aurantiaca Friele, 1879 (= D. frondosus or D. lacteus).
Diagnosis (original description). Exact number of pairs of branched dorsolateral appendages unknown (at least, more than three). Livingcolour purple, preservedreddish brown. Circa seven oral veil appendages. Five appendages (described as equal in size, likely due to preservation) of rhinophoral stalks. Lateral papilla of rhinophoral sheaths present. Rhinophores with circa 20 lamellae. Several lip papillae (no exact count present in original description). Masticatory processes of jaws with small denticles. Radula with up to 44 rows of teeth. Central tooth with a very fine denticulation. Up to 14 lateral teeth with up to six denticles. Prostate and vas deferens unknown, penis long, straight, conical. Body length up to 20 mm.
Distribution. North Pacific, Bering Sea. Port Moller, Alaska, USA.
Bathymetry. 31 mdepth.
Remarks. According to its original description (Bergh, 1879), D. purpureus has 14 lateral radula teeth and is thus similar in this respect to the North Atlantic and Arctic species D. lacteus. However, D. lacteus of such a size has usually less than 14 lateral teeth, and also the central teeth usually have more distinct denticles. We therefore retain the North Pacific D. purpureus asaseparate species, potentiallya sisterspecies to D. lacteus, until further studies are done.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Dendronotidae
- Genus
- Dendronotus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Scientific name authorship
- Bergh
- Species
- purpureus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dendronotus purpureus Bergh, 1879 sec. Korshunova, Bakken, GrØtan, Johnson, Lundin & Martynov, 2021
References
- Bergh, R. (1879) On the nudibranchiate gasteropod mollusca of the North Pacific Ocean, with special reference to those of Alaska. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 31, 71 - 132.
- Bergh, R. (1904) Malacologische Untersuchungen. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. Carl Gottfried Semper, 9, 1 - 56.
- MacFarland, F. M. (1966) Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Mem. Calif. Acad. Sci., 6, 1 - 546.
- Odhner, N. (1936) NudibranchiaDendronotacea - A revision of the system. Mem. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg. (Ser. 2), 3, 1057 - 1128.
- Friele, H. (1879) Catalog der auf der norwegischen Nordmeerexpedition bei Sptizbergen gefundenen Mollusken. Jahrb. Deutsch. Malakozool. Gesellsch., 6, 264 - 286.