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Ardeadoris symmetrica

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Ardeadoris symmetrica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Ardeadoris
Species:
A. symmetrica
Binomial name
Ardeadoris symmetrica
(Rudman, 1990)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Glossodoris symmetrica Rudman, 1990 (basionym)

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

Distribution

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This species is found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.[4] The type specimen was found in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.[5]

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Ardeadoris symmetrica. 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 symmetricus Rudman, 1990. Sea Slug Forum, accessed 18 February 2010.
  5. ^ 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