Halgerda tessellata

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Halgerda tessellata
Nudibranch - Halgerda tessellata.jpg
Halgerda tessellata
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. tessellata
Binomial name
Halgerda tessellata
(Bergh, 1880)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Dictyodoris tessellata Bergh, 1880

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

Distribution[]

This species was described from Palau. It occurs from the western shores of the Indian Ocean in Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar to SE Australia and the Mariana Islands, Pacific Ocean.[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ Bergh, L.S.R. (1880). Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: C.G. Semper, Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Suppl. 1: 1-78, Pls. A-F.
  2. ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Halgerda tessellata (Bergh, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221080 on 2011-08-24
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (November 16) Halgerda tessellata (Bergh, 1880). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. ^ Rudman, W.B. (1978). The dorid opisthobranch genera Halgerda Bergh and Sclerodoris Eliot from the Indo-West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 62: 59-88
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