Halgerda formosa

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

Halgerda formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Halgerda
Species:
H. formosa
Binomial name
Halgerda formosa
Bergh, 1880[1]

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
  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. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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