Ardeadoris tomsmithi
Ardeadoris tomsmithi 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  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Ardeadoris |
| Species: | A. tomsmithi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ardeadoris tomsmithi (Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989)[1] | |
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Distribution
This species is found in the tropical Pacific Ocean, from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands, Okinawa and Western Australia.[4][5][6][7]
References
- Bertsch H. & Gosliner T.M. (1989) Chromodorid nudibranchs from the Hawaiian Islands. The Veliger 32(3): 247-265. page(s): 259-261
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Ardeadoris tomsmithi. 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 tomsmithi Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989. Sea Slug Forum, accessed 18 February 2010.
- 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): 324
- Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 188
- 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
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