Halgerda wasinensis
| Halgerda wasinensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Halgerda |
| Species: | H. wasinensis
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| Halgerda wasinensis | |
Halgerda wasinensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from specimens collected by Cyril Crossland at Wasini Island, East Africa. It occurs in the Indian Ocean from Kenya and Tanzania south to Sodwana Bay, South Africa.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Eliot, C. N. E. 1904. On some nudibranchs from east Africa and Zanzibar. Part III. Dorididae Cryptobranchiatae, I. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2:354-385, pls. 22-24.
- ^ Rudman, W.B. (1978). The dorid opisthobranch genera Halgerda Bergh and Sclerodoris Eliot from the Indo-West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 62: 59-88.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (May 18) Halgerda wasinensis Eliot, 1904. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.