Dendronotus noahi
| Dendronotus noahi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Tritonioidea |
| Family: | Dendronotidae |
| Genus: | Dendronotus |
| Species: | D. noahi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendronotus noahi Pola & Stout, 2008[1] | |
Dendronotus noahi is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendronotidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from the outer barrier reef off New Year’s Bay, Bagabag Island, Papua New Guinea.[1]
Habitat
Dendronotus noahi was found under coral on an exposed reef slope at 20 m depth.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 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
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Dendronotus noahi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-02-08.
- ↑ Gosliner, T.M., Valdés, A. & Behrens, D.W. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, 408 pp., page 311.
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