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Halgerda orstomi

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Halgerda orstomi
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H. orstomi
Binomial name
Halgerda orstomi
Fahey & Gosliner, 2000[1]

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

Distribution

This species was described from a specimen collected at Vanuatu at depths of 235–251 m and three Paratypes from the same area. Additional specimens included in the original description are from the Philippines and New Caledonia at depths of 92–120 m.

References

  1. ^ Fahey, S. J., & T. M. Gosliner. 2000. New records of Halgerda Bergh, 1880 (Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia) from the deep western Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of four new species. Zoosystema. 22(3):471-498.
  2. ^ 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
  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.