Halgerda dichromis

Halgerda dichromis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Discodorididae
Genus:	Halgerda
Species:	H. dichromis
Binomial name
	Halgerda dichromis; Fahey & Gosliner, 1999

Halgerda dichromis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.²³

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.
MolluscaBase (2018). Halgerda dichromis Fahey & Gosliner, 1999. Accessed on 2018-12-12.
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.

[fahey-1] 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.

[2] MolluscaBase (2018). Halgerda dichromis Fahey & Gosliner, 1999. Accessed on 2018-12-12.

[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., 1999 (November 18) Halgerda dichromis Fahey & Gosliner, 1999. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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