Halgerda aurantiomaculata

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

Halgerda aurantiomaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Halgerda
Species:
H. aurantiomaculata
Binomial name
Halgerda aurantiomaculata
(Allan, 1932)[1]

Distribution

Described from North-West Islet, Capricorn Group, Queensland, Australia. Subsequently reported from eastern Papua New Guinea and Fiji.[4]

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References

  1. Allan, J. K. 1932. Australian nudibranchs. Australian Zoologist 7(2):87-105, pls. 4-5.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Halgerda aurantiomaculata (Allan, 1932). 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.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 1998 (July 22) Halgerda aurantiomaculata (Allan, 1932). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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