Biology:Halgerda azteca

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Halgerda azteca
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Halgerda
Species:
H. azteca
Binomial name
Halgerda azteca
Fahey & Gosliner, 2000[1]

Halgerda azteca is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[2][3]

Distribution

This species was described from 3 specimens collected at Banc Aztèque, and Banc Jumeau east, Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia in depths of 230–367 m.

References

  1. Fahey, S. J., & T. M. Gosliner. 2000. New records of Halgerda Bergh, 1880 (Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia) from the deep western Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of four new species. Zoosystema. 22(3):471-498.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Halgerda azteca Fahey & Gosliner, 2000. Accessed on 2018-12-12.
  3. Dayrat B. 2010. A monographic revision of discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs.

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