Halgerda okinawa

Halgerda okinawa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Discodorididae
Genus:	Halgerda
Species:	H. okinawa
Binomial name
Halgerda okinawa Carlson & Hoff, 2000[1]

Halgerda okinawa 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 Seragaki, Okinawa.^[4] It is also reported from Sulawesi and Alor Island, Indonesia, East Timor and the Philippines.^[5]

References

1. Carlson, C.H. & Hoff, P.J. (2000) Three new Pacific species of Halgerda (Opisthobranchia: : Nudibranchia: Doridoidea). The Veliger, 43(2): 154-163.
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. WoRMS (2010). Halgerda okinawa Carlson & Hoff, 2000. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457016 on 2011-08-24
4. Halgerda okinawa on the Okinawa Slug Site, R.F. Bolland
5. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (May 26) Halgerda okinawa Carlson & Hoff, 2000. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.