Ardeadoris scottjohnsoni Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989

Description

Dorsum translucent to pure white, with an opaque whiter sub-marginal band running just inside the mantle edge. The outermost mantle margin carries a thin pale-gold line. Rhinophores tinged pale gold on a translucent white axis. The gill comprises six to seven leaves, with translucent white rachides and pale-gold lines along the pinnae. A medium-sized chromodorid, with the flexible mantle edge typical of the genus.

Distribution

Centred on the central Pacific (Hawaiian Islands, type locality), with subsequent records from the western Pacific.

Etymology

Named in honour of Scott Johnson, a Hawaii-based sea slug observer.

Remarks

Family Chromodorididae, genus Ardeadoris. Originally described in Glossodoris.

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References

• Ardeadoris scottjohnsoni, 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.
• スコットイロウミウシ（新称）, 中野理枝. (2018). 日本のウミウシ. 文一総合出版.