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Halgerda stricklandi

Halgerda stricklandi
Halgerda stricklandi.jpg
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. stricklandi
Binomial name
Halgerda stricklandi
Fahey & Gosliner, 1999

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

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

Originally described from Ko Ha, Andaman Sea, Thailand. This species has also been found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Myanmar.

This animal can be distinguished by large, conical, bright orange-tipped tubercles scattered over the dorsum. Below each of the orange tips the tubercles is a band of solid white. Many smaller orange tubercles are scattered amongst the larger ones. The rhinophore club is translucent yellow. There is a single black line extending down the length of both the rhinophore club and stalk, on the posterior midline. There is black pigmentation on the anterior side of the club, while the gill has black spots on the anterior sides of the four branchial leaves. The margin of the foot is orange.


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