Ardeadoris scottjohnsoni

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Ardeadoris scottjohnsoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Ardeadoris
Species:
A. scottjohnsoni
Binomial name
Ardeadoris scottjohnsoni
Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989 [1]

Ardeadoris scottjohnsoni is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2]

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Distribution

This species was described from Hawaii. It seems to be endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. [3]

Description

This nudibranch has a white body with a yellow-edged mantle border. Its gills have white bases with black tips and the rhinophores have transparent bases and black clubs, with a thin electric-blue vertical line. [3] It grows to 30 mm (1.2 in) in length. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Bertsch H.; Gosliner T. M. (1989). Chromodorid nudibranchs from the Hawaiian Islands. The Veliger. 32(3): 247-265. [3 July 1989]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43054119 page(s): 261-264
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Ardeadoris scottjohnsoni Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989. Accessed on 2019-01-23.
  3. 1 2 Pittman, C. & Fiene, P., 2019. Ardeadoris scottjohnsoni Sea slugs of Hawaii, accessed 2019-01-23.
  4. ↑ Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á., 2018. Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications; 2nd Revised, Updated edition. 452 pp. ISBN   1878348671, ISBN   978-1878348678, p. 171
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