Dendronotus frondosus

Dendronotus frondosus
Drawing of Dendronotus frondosus from Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Dendronotacea
Family: Dendronotidae
Genus: Dendronotus
Species:
D. frondosus
Binomial name
Dendronotus frondosus
(Ascanius, 1774)
Synonyms
  • Amphitrite frondosa Ascanius, 1774 (original combination)
  • Doris arborescens O. F. Müller, 1776
  • Tritonia arborescens (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Doris cervina Gmelin, 1791
  • Tritonia cervina (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Tritonia ascanii Möller, 1842
  • Tritonia felina Alder & Hancock, 1842
  • Tritonia pulchella Alder & Hancock, 1842
  • Campaspe pusilla Bergh, 1863
  • Campaspe major Bergh, 1886

Dendronotus frondosus, sometimes known by the common name frond eolis or bushy backed nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, specifically a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendronotidae.

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