Halgerda dichromis
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | H. dichromis
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| Halgerda dichromis Fahey & Gosliner, 1999[1]
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Halgerda dichromis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[2][3]
Distribution
This species was described from a single specimen collected in Durban Harbour, South Africa. It has subsequently been found on several occasions on the KwaZulu-Natal coast and at Brazen Head, Transkei.[4]
References
- ^ Fahey, S. & Gosliner, T.M. (1999) Description of three new species of Halgerda from the western Indian Ocean, with a redescription of Halgerda formosa, Bergh, 1880. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 51(8): 365-383.
- ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (November 18) Halgerda dichromis Fahey & Gosliner, 1999. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.