page_title: Ardeadoris cruenta
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Ardeadoris cruenta / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Nudibranch Ardeadoris cruenta (Rudman, 1986) (synonym: Glossodoris cruenta)
context_page_description: Ardeadoris cruenta is a species of very colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. Its name is derived from the feminine form of the Latin word cruentus, which means "stained with blood" and is a reference to the red spots on its upper dorsum. It was transferred to the genus Ardeadoris on the basis of DNA evidence.
context_section_description: Ardeadoris cruenta has a pale-lemon colored body with a bright yellow and white lined frilly mantle and foot. There are red dots in a circular pattern on its dorsum next to the mantle edge. Both its rhinophores and gills have the same pale-lemon color as its body, although there is some color variation among individuals. It reaches a length of at least 50 mm.
  This species has similar coloring to the seaslug Ardeadoris rubroannulata, although that species lacks the red dots present in Ardeadoris cruenta.
caption: Ardeadoris cruenta, head towards the camera
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