A 50-year conundrum is conclusively solved: nudibranchs Dendronotus albus

• Published in: Canadian journal of zoology Vol. 98; no. 9; pp. 623 - 632
• Main Authors: Martynov, Alexander, Fletcher, Karin, Korshunova, Tatiana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: NRC Research Press 01.09.2020
• Subjects: Phylogeny; Canada; Mexico; North America; Russia

A persistent confusion in the identification of two similar species of nudibranch molluscs of the genus Dendronotus Alder and Hancock, 1845, which inhabit shallow Canadian, Russian, and US waters of the northern Pacific Ocean, has caused a considerable taxonomic conundrum for over 50 years. In this...