Ardeadoris is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
| Ardeadoris | |
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| Ardeadoris egretta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Ardeadoris Rudman, 1984 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Ardeadoris egretta Rudman, 1984
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Species
editThis genus includes the following species:[3]
- Ardeadoris angustolutea (Rudman, 1990)
- Ardeadoris averni (Rudman, 1985)
- Ardeadoris carlsoni (Rudman, 1986)
- Ardeadoris cruenta (Rudman, 1986)
- Ardeadoris egretta Rudman, 1984
- Ardeadoris electra (Rudman, 1990)
- Ardeadoris poliahu (Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989)
- Ardeadoris pullata (Rudman, 1995)
- Ardeadoris rubroannulata (Rudman, 1986)
- Ardeadoris scottjohnsoni Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989
- Ardeadoris symmetrica (Rudman, 1990)
- Ardeadoris tomsmithi (Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989)
- Ardeadoris undaurum (Rudman, 1985)
References
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- ^ Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 163
- ^ Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Ardeadoris Rudman, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-12-14.
- ^ 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.