Halgerda theobroma

Halgerda theobroma
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. theobroma
Binomial name
Halgerda theobroma
Fahey & Gosliner, 2001 [1]

Halgerda theobroma 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 Rottnest Island, Western Australia.[4]

References

  1. Fahey, S.J. & Gosliner, T.M. (2001) On the genus Halgerda (Nudibranchia: Halgerdidae) from Western Australia with descriptions of four new species. Bollettino Malacologico, 37(5-8): 55-76.
  2. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
  3. WoRMS (2010). Halgerda theobroma Fahey & Gosliner, 2001. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457329 on 2011-08-24
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (October 10) Halgerda theobroma Fahey & Gosliner, 2001. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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