Ardeadoris electra

Ardeadoris electra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Ardeadoris
Species: A. electra
Binomial name
Ardeadoris electra
(Rudman, 1990)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Glossodoris electra Rudman, 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]

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

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