Typiquement, les mollusques de la famille des Chromodorididae sont très colorés et contiennent des métabolites terpéniques qui peuvent être impliqués dans leur défense chimique[2]. Le diterpène 7α-hydroxy-dendrillol-3 a été retrouvé chez Ardeadoris egretta[2].
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↑ ab et cRudman, 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.
↑Turner, L. M., Wilson, N. G. 2008. Polyphyly across oceans: a molecular phylogeny of the Chromodorididae (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Zoologica Scripta, 37: 23–42. (pdf)
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