title: Morphological and molecular evidence indicateDendronotus primorjensisis a valid species that has priority overD. dudkai(Nudibranchia).
abstract: Morphological and molecular data of type material of the nudibranch molluscDendronotus primorjensisMartynov, Sanamyan, Korshunova, 2015 from the Sea of Japan are summarised and compared with those ofDendronotus dudkaiEkimova, Schepetov, Chichvarkhina, Chichvarkhin, 2016. The clear conclusion is that the latter is a junior synonym ofDendronotus primorjensis.
authors.affiliation: Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology RAS, Vavilova Str. 26, 119334 Moscow Russia; Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 6 125009 Moscow Russia.
authors.forename: Tatiana A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Korshunova
authors.affiliation: Kamchatka Branch of Pacific Geographical Institute FEB RAS, Partizanskaya Str. 6, 683000 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia.
authors.forename: Nadezhda P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Sanamyan
authors.affiliation: Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 6 125009 Moscow Russia.
authors.forename: Alexander V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Martynov
keywords: Dendronotus; Gastropoda; Mollusca; Nudibranchia; new synonym