Ardeadoris tomsmithi

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Ardeadoris tomsmithi
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Ardeadoris tomsmithi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Ardeadoris
Species:
A. tomsmithi
Binomial name
Ardeadoris tomsmithi
(Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Glossodoris tomsmithiBertsch & Gosliner, 1989 (basionym)

Ardeadoris tomsmithi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2] [3]

Distribution

This species is found in the tropical Pacific Ocean, from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands, Okinawa and Western Australia. [4] [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. Bertsch H. & Gosliner T.M. (1989) Chromodorid nudibranchs from the Hawaiian Islands. The Veliger 32(3): 247-265. page(s): 259-261
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Ardeadoris tomsmithi. 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. Glossodoris tomsmithi Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989. Sea Slug Forum, accessed 18 February 2010.
  5. 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): 324
  6. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN   978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 188
  7. 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): 241