Ardeadoris tomsmithi

Ardeadoris tomsmithi
Ardeadoris tomsmithi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Ardeadoris
Species: A. tomsmithi
Binomial name
Ardeadoris tomsmithi
(Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Glossodoris tomsmithi Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989 (basionym)

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

Distribution

This species is found in the tropical Pacific Ocean, from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands, Okinawa and Western Australia.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Glossodoris tomsmithi Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989. Sea Slug Forum, accessed 18 February 2010.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Ardeadoris tomsmithi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597318 on 2012-06-18
  • Bertsch H. & Gosliner T.M. (1989) Chromodorid nudibranchs from the Hawaiian Islands. The Veliger 32(3): 247-265. page(s): 259-261
  • 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
  • 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.


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