Ardeadoris averni
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| Ardeadoris averni | |
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| Ardeadoris averni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Ardeadoris |
| Species: | A. averni |
| Binomial name | |
| Ardeadoris averni (Rudman, 1985)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Glossodoris averni Rudman, 1985 (basionym) | |
Ardeadoris averni is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2] It was transferred to the genus Ardeadoris on the basis of DNA evidence.[3]
Distribution
This species was described from the Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. It is also found in the Western Pacific Ocean from Papua New Guinea and from the Philippines.[4]
Description
Ardeadoris averni is white with a bright red border to the mantle. The gills and rhinophores are white with red lines. It grows to 55 mm in length.
References
- ↑ Rudman W. B. (1985). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris aureomarginata, C. verrieri and C. fidelis colour groups". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 241-299. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb00875.x
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Ardeadoris averni. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597315 on 2012-06-18
- ↑ Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 1998 (December 1) Glossodoris averni Rudman, 1985. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- 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: 263-326 page(s): 279, 284
- Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 185
- Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 237