Dendronotus gracilis is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendronotidae.[2]
| Dendronotus gracilis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Dendronotidae |
| Genus: | Dendronotus |
| Species: | D. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendronotus gracilis | |
Distribution
editThis species was described from Sagami Bay, Japan. It has been reported from Okinawa and New Zealand.[3]
References
edit- ^ Baba, K. (1949). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. 194 pp., 50 pls. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Dendronotus gracilis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-02-08.
- ^ 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