Halgerda graphica

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

Halgerda graphica
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. graphica
Binomial name
Halgerda graphica

Distribution

This species was described from Kangaroo Island, South Australia.[4] It has also been reported from nearby Port Moorowie on the Yorke Peninsula and Burrewarra Point, near Batemans Bay, New South Wales.[5]

References
  1. Basedow, H & Hedley, C. (1905). South Australian nudibranchs and an enumeration of the known Australian species. Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia, 29: 134-160
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Halgerda graphica Basedow & Hedley, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599502 on 2015-01-13
  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. Fahey S. J. & Gosliner T. M. (2003). "Redescription of Halgerda graphica Basedow and Hedley, 1905 with observations on external morphological variation within selected species of Halgerda (Mollusca, Nudibranchia)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54: 393-406. PDF.
  5. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (October 27) Halgerda graphica Basedow & Hedley, 1905. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.


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