Taringa halgerda

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Species of gastropod

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::summary Species of gastropod ::

| image = Taringa halgerda (AA1).jpg | image_caption = Taringa halgerda from Puerto Galera in the Philippines | genus = Taringa | species = halgerda | authority = Gosliner & Behrens, 1998 | synonyms =

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

There is no real certainty that this species is placed in the correct genus.

Distribution

This species was described from Balayan Bay, Batangas Province, Luzon, Philippines. It is found in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean, especially around Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.

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Description

Taringa halgerda is white with very distinct yellow tubercles covering the mantle. The gills of this nudibranch are white, faintly outlined in black, and the rhinophores are black. This species can reach a length of at least 40 mm.

This species can be confused with Taringa luteola but there are differences in the coloration, tubercles and in some aspects of the internal anatomy.

References

References

  1. Gosliner, Terrence M.. (1998). "Two new Discodorid nudibranchs from the western Pacific with a redescription of ''Doris luteola'' Kelaart, 1858". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.
  2. [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/tarihalg ''Taringa halgerda'' Gosliner & Behrens, 1998]. Sea Slug Forum, accessed 8 December 2009.

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