Halgerda dalanghita

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

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

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]

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References
  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.
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