Species Dendrodoris krusensternii (Gray, 1850)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Actinodoris krusensternii Gray, J.E. 1850. Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Etched for the use of students by M. E. Gray,. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 4 124 pp. [Date of publication after Adams & Adams (1854: 22–23)] [102] [original spelling].
• Dendrodoris gunnamatta Allan, J.K. 1932. Australian nudibranchs. The Australian Zoologist 7(2): 87–105 [97–98, pl. 5, figs 4–7].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Gunnamatta Bay, Port Hacking, NSW.
• Doris denisoni Angas, G.F. 1864. Description d'espèces nouvelles appartenant à plusieurs genres de Mollusques nudibranches des environs de Port Jackson, (Nouvelles-Galles du Sud), accompagnée de dessins faits d'après nature. Journal de Conchyliologie 12: 43–70 [45].
• Doridopsis clavulata Alder, J. & Hancock, A. 1864. Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot, Esq. with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 5(3): 113–147 [127].
• Doridopsis gemmacea Alder, J. & Hancock, A. 1864. Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot, Esq. with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 5(3): 113–147 [126-127, Plate 31, Figures 4-7].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Valdes A.V. & Fahey S.J. 2006. Dorid nudibranchs described by J.E. Gray in M.E. Gray, 1842-1857 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 69(1): 95-102
• Nimbs, M.J. & Smith, S.D.A. 2021. Genetic evidence confirms that the porostomate nudibranch Dendrodoris gunnamatta Allan, 1932 is a morphotype of Dendrodoris krusensternii (Gray, 1850) (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Taxonomy [an Open Access Journal by MDPI] 2021 1(2): 152-159

 

Generic Combinations

• Dendrodoris clavulata (Alder & Hancock, 1864).
• Dendrodoris denisoni (Angas, 1864).
• Dendrodoris gemmacea (Alder & Hancock, 1864).
• Dendrodoris krusensternii (Gray, 1850).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

0–5 m. New Zealand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

Coleman, N. 2001. 1001 Nudibranchs - Catalogue of Indo-Pacific Sea Slugs. Springwood, Queensland : Neville Coleman’s Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd 144 pp. [87] (as Dendrodoris gunnamatta Allan, 1932)

Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [175] (as Dendrodoris denisoni (Angas, 1864))

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [141] (as Dendrodoris denisoni (Angas, 1864))

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	NUDIBRANCHIA	27-Feb-2023	ADDED