Halgerda guahan Nudibranch

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Scientific:: Halgerda guahan
German:: Höckerschnecke
English:: Nudibranch

Category:: Nudibranchs
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Discodorididae (Family) > Halgerda (Genus) > guahan (Species)
Initial determination:: Carlson & Hoff, 1993

Occurrence:: Guam, Pacific Ocean
Size:: 1.26" - 1.89" (3.2cm - 4.8cm)
Temperature:: - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Sponges
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Not evaluated
Red List:: Not evaluated (NE)

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Halgerda batangas
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Halgerda brunneomaculata
Halgerda brycei
Halgerda carlsoni
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Halgerda dalanghita
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Halgerda diaphana
Halgerda dichromis
Halgerda elegans
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Halgerda fibra
Halgerda formosa
Guam Höckerschnecke
Halgerda graphica
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Halgerda guahan
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Halgerda gunnessi
Halgerda johnsonorum
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Halgerda malesso
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Halgerda maricola
Halgerda okinawa
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Halgerda onna
Halgerda orientalis
Halgerda orstomi
Halgerda paliensis
Halgerda punctata
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Halgerda stricklandi
Halgerda terramtuentis
Gold-Netz Höckerschnecke
Halgerda tessellata
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Halgerda theobroma
Halgerda toliara
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Halgerda willeyi
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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-10-31 19:29:56
Last edit:: 2015-10-31 19:29:56

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Halgerda guahan Carlson & Hoff, 1993

The body colour is translucent white with network of orange lines and orange-edged ridges.The mantle border is opaque white. There can be orange marks between the ridges.

The rhinophores and gills have large black spots.This sea slug feeds exclusively on white sponges.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Doridoidea (Superfamily) > Discodorididae (Family) > Halgerda (Genus) > Halgerda guahan (Species)

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