Ardeadoris undaurum

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

Ardeadoris undaurum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Ardeadoris
Species:
A. undaurum
Binomial name
Ardeadoris undaurum
(Rudman, 1985)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Glossodoris undaurum Rudman, 1985 (basionym)

Distribution

This species is found in the Indian Ocean from Australia to South Africa.[4] The type specimen was found off Carnac Island, Western Australia.[4][5][6]

References
  1. Rudman W.B. (1985) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris aureomarginata, C. verrieri and C. fidelis colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 241-299. page(s): 248
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Ardeadoris undaurum. 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 undaurum Rudman, 1985. Sea Slug Forum, accessed 18 February 2010.
  5. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 189
  6. 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.
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