Ardeadoris egretta

Rudman, 1984 · species

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Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Nudibranchia/Chromodorididae/Ardeadoris

At a glance

Occurrence records379

Data sources9

Biological traits6

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Ardeadoris egretta's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility303 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System76 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS379 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

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. Ardeadoris egretta

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length11 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonereef-associated

Other traits3

Depth max1 014 m

Depth min1 m

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ardeadoris egretta has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes2

eDNA detections2

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P18S-5P

animal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type379 records

Wild obs. + sensor312

Museum / vouchered67

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO808 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit51

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight1

>4 km abyssal0

median 10.2 m · max 1 014 m · 52 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy73% within 1 km

≤100 m 117≤1 km 89≤10 km 53>10 km 25

284 georeferenced · 28 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor312

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy76% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 26≤10 km 6>10 km 4

42 georeferenced · 25 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence67

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 8 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Sydney, AU	18
CASlocation not on record	13
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	2
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	2
Museums Victorialocation not on record	1
Natick, US	1
Los Angeles, US	1
Washington, US	1

8 institutions · 39 of 67 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Ardeadoris egretta was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median24.5 °C 24.5–24.5

Seasonal swing summer↔winter1.80 °C

Max temp (day)28.2 °C

Min temp (night)21.2 °C

Precipitation237 mm/mo

Air humidity67.9 %

Moisture balance94.6 mm/mo

Vapour deficit981 Pa

Wind speed1.90 m/s

Cloud cover52.0 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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