Halgerda albocristata

Halgerda albocristata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Halgerda
Species: H. albocristata
Binomial name
Halgerda albocristata
Gosliner & Fahey, 1998[1]

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

Distribution

The holotype of this species was collected at Bonito Island, Batangas, Philippines. Additional material in the original description includes specimens from Okinawa and Sulawesi, Indonesia. Subsequently reported from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland and the Marianas Islands.[3]

References

  1. Gosliner, T.M. & Fahey, S.J. (1998) Description of a new species of Halgerda, with a redescription of Halgerda elegans Bergh, 1905. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 50(15): 346-359.
  2. WoRMS (2014). Halgerda albocristata Gosliner & Fahey, 1998. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457503 on 2015-01-08
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1998 (July 22) Halgerda albocristata (Allan, 1932). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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