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Description
Ardeadoris is a genus of chromodorid nudibranchs (family Chromodorididae) found in the Indo-West Pacific. The type species, A. egretta, is a relatively large white slug with a yellow-orange border, reaching about 12 cm according to the sources. The diet of the genus was not stated in the sources consulted.
Identification
In descriptions of the type species: a white body with a broad opaque-white band near the mantle edge and an orange-gold border, a wavy mantle margin, translucent white rhinophores with white longitudinal lines, and long, tapering gills arranged in arcs around the anus. It is one of several white chromodorids with a yellow border, so separation from similar genera relies on the technical literature rather than on colour alone.
Species in this genus (2)
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