{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | image = Ardeadoris egretta.jpg | image_caption = | genus = Ardeadoris | species = egretta | authority = Rudman, 1984<ref>Rudman, W. B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81: 115-273.</ref> }}
'''''Ardeadoris egretta''''', the '''heron ardeadoris''',<ref name="slb">{{SeaLifeBase species|year=2023|month=March|species=egretta|genus=Ardeadoris}}</ref> 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''.<ref name="Ardeadoris">{{cite journal |author=Rudman, W. B. |title=The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of ''Glossodoris'', ''Thorunna'' and the ''Chromodoris aureomarginata'' colour group. |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |year=1990 |volume=100 |issue=3 |pages=263–326 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1990.tb01864.x}}</ref>
==Description== left|thumb|''Ardeadoris egretta'' This white slug with a yellow border grows to a length of about {{cvt|12|cm}}.
==Distribution== The species is found in depths of {{cvt|1|-|1014|m}} in tropical habitats.<ref name="slb" /> It was described from Escape Reef and other sites on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. It occurs in the Indian Ocean and the tropical Western Pacific in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands.<ref>Rudman, W. B., 1999 (January 16) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/ardeegre ''Ardeadoris egretta'' Rudman, 1984.] <nowiki>[In]</nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Ardeadoris egretta}} * {{SealifePhotos|558430}}
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Category:Chromodorididae Category:Gastropods described in 1984 Category:Taxa named by William B. Rudman