Halgerda tessellata

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Halgerda tessellata
Halgerda tessellata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
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