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Gold lace nudibranch

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Gold lace nudibranch
Halgerda terramtuentis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Halgerda
Species:
H. terramtuentis
Binomial name
Halgerda terramtuentis
Bertsch & Johnson, 1982[1]

The gold lace nudibranch (Halgerda terramtuentis) is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Distribution

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This species is endemic to the main Hawaiian islands.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Bertsch, H.; Johnson, S. (1982). "Three new species of dorid nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from the Hawaiian Islands". The Veliger. 24 (3): 208–218.
  2. ^ Frýda, J.; Hausdorf, B.; Ponder, W.; Valdes, A.; Warén, A. (2005). Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (eds.). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B. (2000). "Halgerda terramtuentis Bertsch & Johnson, 1982". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ^ "Marine Invertebrates - Nudibranchs" (PDF).
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