Biology:Halgerda dalanghita

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Halgerda dalanghita
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. dalanghita
Binomial name
Halgerda dalanghita
Fahey & Gosliner, 1999[1]

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

Distribution

The holotype of Halgerda dalanghita was collected at Maricaban Island, Luzon, Philippines . Additional specimens from the same locality, Papua New Guinea, and Natal, South Africa were included in the original description.[1] Subsequent records extend the distribution to Japan and the Solomon Islands.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Fahey, S. & Gosliner, T.M. (1999) Description of three new species of Halgerda from the western Indian Ocean, with a redescription of Halgerda formosa, Bergh, 1880. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 51(8): 365-383.
  2. WoRMS (2014). Halgerda dalanghita Fahey & Gosliner, 1999. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-01-10
  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.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (March 14) Halgerda dalanghita Fahey & Gosliner, 1999. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

Wikidata ☰ Q5641990 entry