Ardeadoris egretta
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Ardeadoris |
| Species: | A. egretta
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Ardeadoris egretta, the heron ardeadoris,[2] is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. It is the type species of the genus Ardeadoris.[3]
Description
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This white slug with a yellow border grows to a length of about 12 cm (4.7 in).
Distribution
[edit | edit source]The species is found in depths of 1–1,014 m (3 ft 3 in – 3,326 ft 9 in) in tropical habitats.[2] It was described from Escape Reef and other sites on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. It occurs in the Indian Ocean and the tropical Western Pacific in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands.[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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: 115-273.
- ^ a b Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2023). "Ardeadoris egretta" in SeaLifeBase. March 2023 version.
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- ^ Rudman, W. B., 1999 (January 16) Ardeadoris egretta Rudman, 1984. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ardeadoris egretta.
- Photos of Ardeadoris egretta in the Sealife Collection
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