Halgerda orstomi explained

Halgerda orstomi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.^{[1] [2]}

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.

Notes and References

1. 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. . ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20100615181514/http://campillos.ucmerced.edu/%7Ebdayrat/PDF%20of%20Papers/Dayrat%202010%20PCAS%20HR.pdf 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.