Ardeadoris symmetrica is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Ardeadoris |
| Species: | A. symmetrica
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| Ardeadoris symmetrica | |
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Distribution
editThis species is found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.[4] The type specimen was found in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.[5]
References
edit- ^ 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): 275
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Ardeadoris symmetrica. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Glossodoris symmetricus Rudman, 1990. Sea Slug Forum, accessed 18 February 2010.
- ^ 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