Halgerda abyssicola is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[2][3]
| Halgerda abyssicola | |
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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. abyssicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Halgerda abyssicola | |
Distribution
editThis species was described from a specimen collected at Vanuatu at depths of 207–280 m. An additional specimen included in the original description is from Bank Nova, Coral Sea at depths of 385–420 m.
References
edit- ^ Fahey, S. J., & T. M. Gosliner. 2000. New records of Halgerda Bergh, 1880 (Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia) from the deep western Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of four new species. Zoosystema. 22(3):471–498.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Halgerda abyssicola Fahey & Gosliner, 2000. 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.