Ardeadoris carlsoni

Ardeadoris carlsoni
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. carlsoni
Binomial name
Ardeadoris carlsoni
(Rudman, 1986)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Glossodoris carlsoni Rudman, 1986 (basionym)

Ardeadoris carlsoni 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 Bega Lagoon, Yanuca Island, Fiji, in the Western Pacific Ocean.[4]

Description

Ardeadoris carlsoni has a pale, orange-yellow mantle with paler blotches. There is a white band at the edge of the mantle and a thin orange band at the very edge.[4]

References

  1. Rudman W.B. (1986b) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus Glossodoris Ehrenbergh (= Casella, H. & A; Adams). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 86: 101-184. page(s): 162
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Ardeadoris carlsoni. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597320 on 2012-06-18
  3. 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
  4. 4.0 4.1 Rudman, W.B., 2005 (February 15) Glossodoris carlsoni Rudman, 1986. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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