Halgerda brunneomaculata

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

Halgerda brunneomaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Halgerda
Species:
H. brunneomaculata
Binomial name
Halgerda brunneomaculata
Carlson & Hoff, 1993[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Guam, Mariana Islands. It has subsequently been reported from Rarotonga in the Cook Islands and the Coral Sea.[4]

References

  1. Carlson, C. H. and Hoff, P. J. (1993) Three new Halgerda species (Doridoidea: Nudibranchia) from Guam. The Veliger, 36(1): 16-26.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Halgerda brunneomaculata Carlson & Hoff, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-01-09.
  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. Rudman, W.B., 2006 (June 30) Halgerda brunneomaculata Carlson & Hoff, 1993. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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