Halgerda dalanghita
| Halgerda dalanghita | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| 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 2 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.
- ↑ WoRMS (2014). Halgerda dalanghita Fahey & Gosliner, 1999. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457316 on 2015-01-10
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (March 14) Halgerda dalanghita Fahey & Gosliner, 1999. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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