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Halgerda formosa

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Species of gastropod

Halgerda formosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Halgerda
Species: H. formosa
Binomial name
Halgerda formosa
Bergh, 1880

Halgerda formosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.

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.

References

  1. 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.
  2. WoRMS (2010). Halgerda formosa (Bergh, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-08-24.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (November 18) Halgerda formosa Bergh, 1880. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Taxon identifiers
Halgerda formosa
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