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Ardeadoris carlsoni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Chromodorididae

Scientific name
  
Glossodoris carlsoni

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Doridoidea

Genus
  
Ardeadoris

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Ardeadoris symmetrica, Ardeadoris averni, Ardeadoris cruenta, Doriprismatica, Ardeadoris

Ardeadoris carlsoni is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. It was transferred to the genus Ardeadoris on the basis of DNA evidence.

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Distribution

This species was described from Beqa Lagoon, Yanuca Island, Fiji, in the Western Pacific Ocean.

Description

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.

References

Ardeadoris carlsoni Wikipedia