Ardeadoris tomsmithi (Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989) – Nudibranch Identification & Photos | SEASLUG.WORLD

キンゴマイロウミウシ Ardeadoris tomsmithi

Location: Horse Shoes, Okinawa Island (Onna and Yomitan area), Okinawa, Japan
Date: 2007/01/17
Length: 15mm
Depth: 5.0m
Water temperature: 20.0℃

Description

Ground colour translucent greyish white. The mantle is bordered with yellow and the central back is ochre. Both the dorsum and the foot bear raised yellow round spots. The mantle margin is thick and finely undulate. Rhinophores ochre with white longitudinal lines on the anterior and posterior sides — the anterior line is restricted to the lamellate clavus while the posterior line extends down the stalk. Gills with white rachides and dark indigo-blue plumes. Reaches 35 mm in length.

Distribution

Western and central Pacific.

Etymology

Dedicated to Tom Smith, an American conchologist and natural-history illustrator.

Remarks

Formerly Glossodoris tomsmithi. Transferred to Ardeadoris in the molecular phylogenetic revision of Chromodorididae by a 2012 molecular revision. The Japanese name "Kingoma-iroumiushi" was proposed in the survey report on opisthobranchs of northern Amami-Oshima.

References

グロッソドーリス・トムスミスイ, 小野篤司. (2004). 沖縄のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
Ardeadoris tomsmithi, 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.
Ardeadoris tomsmithi, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. New World Pubns Inc.
キンゴマイロウミウシ(新称), 中野理枝, 朝倉知子, 池田紫, 石川雅教, 今本淳, 岩瀬南美, 西田和記, 堀江諒, 山田久子 & 渡井久美. (2017). 奄美大島北部海域における後鰓類相の調査報告. Kuroshio Biosphere. 13: 1-18 + 6 pls.

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Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2018). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific 2nd Edition. New World Pubns Inc.

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BISMaL OBIS DOI: 10.48518/00032

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