Ardeadoris electra

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Ardeadoris electra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Ardeadoris
Species:
A. electra
Binomial name
Ardeadoris electra
(Rudman, 1990) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Glossodoris electraRudman, 1990 (basionym)

Ardeadoris electra is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. [2] It was transferred to the genus Ardeadoris on the basis of DNA evidence. [3]

Distribution

This species is found in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean around eastern Australia and New Caledonia. [1] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Glossodoris electra Rudman, 1990. Sea Slug Forum, accessed 18 February 2010.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Ardeadoris electra. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species 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. 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): 281
  5. 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
  6. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN   978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 186