Ardeadoris cruenta
March 20, 2017
Aplysia oculifera
February 25, 2017
Order : NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: EUCTENIDIACEA
Infra order : DORIDACEA
Superfamily : DORIDOIDEA
Family : Chromodorididae
DISTRIBUTION
Known from Great Barrier Reef and down eastern Australia to mid New South Wales. Also Papua New Guinea, Philippines and north Indonesia.
Characterised by the bright red border to the mantle. Probably has a wider distribution than recorded at present.
Ardeadoris averni was described by Bill Rudman in 1985. This species is one of many Indo-Pacific dorids with a white body and an orange marginal band. Rudman has suggested that A. averni is a member of a mimetic complex of similarly coloured species. Other similarly coloured species include Ardeadoris egretta, Goniobranchus verrieri and several other Chromodorids. Diaphorodoris mitsuii, an onchidorid also has the same colour pattern.
