Heron Ardeadoris

Ardeadoris egretta

"Ardeadoris egretta" is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. It is the type species of the genus "Ardeadoris".
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Appearance

This white slug with a yellow border grows to a length of about 12 cm.
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Distribution

This species was described from Escape Reef and other sites on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. It occurs in the Indian Ocean and the tropical Western Pacific in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands.Rudman, W.B., 1999 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNudibranchia
FamilyChromodorididae
GenusArdeadoris
SpeciesA. egretta