Ardeadoris carlsoni | |
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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. carlsoni
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Binomial name | |
Ardeadoris carlsoni | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Ardeadoris carlsoni 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]
This species was described from Beqa Lagoon, Yanuca Island, Fiji, in the Western Pacific Ocean. [4]
Ardeadoris carlsoni has a pale, orange-yellow mantle with paler blotches. There is a white band at the edge of the mantle and a thin orange band at the very edge. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Ardeadoris carlsoni | |
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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. carlsoni
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Binomial name | |
Ardeadoris carlsoni | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Ardeadoris carlsoni 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]
This species was described from Beqa Lagoon, Yanuca Island, Fiji, in the Western Pacific Ocean. [4]
Ardeadoris carlsoni has a pale, orange-yellow mantle with paler blotches. There is a white band at the edge of the mantle and a thin orange band at the very edge. [4] [5] [6] [7]