Asteronotus is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2011). Asteronotus Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-08-23.Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136: 535-636Dayrat B. (2010). A monographic revision of discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs.
Species Species in the genus Asteronotus include: Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824 Asteronotus hepaticus (Abraham, 1877) Asteronotus mabilla (Abraham, 1877) Asteronotus mimeticus Gosliner & Valdes, 2002 Asteronotus raripilosus (Abraham, 1877) Asteronotus spongicolus Gosliner & Valdes, 2002 Species brought into synonymy Asteronotus bertrana Bergh, L.S.R., 1878: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824 Asteronotus brassica Allan, J.K., 1932: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824 Asteronotus fuscus O'Donoghue, C.H., 1924: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824 Asteronotus hemprichi Ehrenberg, 1831: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824 Asteronotus madrasensis O'Donoghue, C.H., 1932: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824 Asteronotus mabilla Bergh, L.S.R., 1878: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824 Asteronotus trenberthi Burn, 1962: synonym of Sclerodoris trenberthi (Burn, 1962)
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