Ardeadoris symmetrica

(Rudman, 1990) · species

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Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Nudibranchia/Chromodorididae/Ardeadoris

At a glance

Occurrence records97

Data sources8

Biological traits4

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources8 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility65 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System32 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS97 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Ardeadoris symmetrica is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Ardeadoris symmetrica. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-18.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.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length3 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits1

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 symmetrica has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

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-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type97 records

Wild obs. + sensor84

Museum / vouchered13

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO204 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit25

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 17 m · max 55 m · 25 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 accuracy78% within 1 km

≤100 m 46≤1 km 15≤10 km 9>10 km 8

78 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor84

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 accuracy67% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 2>10 km 2

6 georeferenced · 7 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence13

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

Institution	Specimens
CASlocation not on record	4
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	2

2 institutions · 6 of 13 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Ardeadoris symmetrica 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

Countries2

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

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 median25.2 °C 24.2–26.3

Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.50 °C

Max temp (day)27.3 °C 27.2–27.3

Min temp (night)23.4 °C 21.6–25.3

Precipitation336 mm/mo 316–355

Air humidity66.6 % 64.1–69.1

Vapour deficit1,084 Pa 938–1,231

Cloud cover46.9 % 43.1–50.7

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · 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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