Ardeadoris egretta

Ardeadoris egretta is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. It is the type species of the genus Ardeadoris.[2]

Ardeadoris egretta

Ardeadoris egretta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Ardeadoris
Species:
A. egretta
Binomial name
Ardeadoris egretta
Rudman, 1984[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Escape Reef and other sites on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. It occurs in the Indian Ocean and the tropical Western Pacific in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands.[3]

Description

This white slug with a yellow border grows to a length of about 12 cm (4.7 in).

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References
  1. Rudman, W. B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81: 115-273.
  2. Rudman, W. B. (1990). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 100 (3): 263–326. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1990.tb01864.x.
  3. Rudman, W. B., 1999 (January 16) Ardeadoris egretta Rudman, 1984. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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