Halgerda formosa
Halgerda formosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Halgerda |
| Species: | H. formosa |
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| Halgerda formosa | |
Distribution
This species was described from a specimen collected on the island of Réunion, Indian Ocean. It has subsequently been rediscovered there and on Mauritius. [3]
References
- Bergh, L. S. R. 1880. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der japanischen Nudibranchien. I. Verhandlungen der königlich-kaiserlich Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (Abhandlungen) 30:155-200, pls. 1-5, pages 191-5.
- WoRMS (2010). Halgerda formosa (Bergh, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-08-24.
- Rudman, W.B., 1999 (November 18) Halgerda formosa Bergh, 1880. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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