Halgerda carlsoni
Rudman, 1978

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Family: Dorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Tropical Western Pacific.

PHOTO

Koumac, New Caledonia, October 1993. PHOTO: Bill Rudman.

One of a group of species with a white background and orange markings, Halgerda carlsoni is characterised by the orange-tipped rounded tubercles and the scattering of small orange specks all over the mantle between the tubercles. There is a band around the mantle edge devoid of small orange specks. The gills and rhinophores are speckled with black and in some animals the speckling can be dense leading to some sections of th gills being almost completely black. Other similar coloured species include Halgerda malesso, Halgerda sp. 1 and Halgerda aurantiomaculata.

Reference:
• Rudman, W.B. (1978). The dorid opisthobranch genera Halgerda and Sclerodoris Eliot from the Indo-West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 62: 59-88.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (February 4) Halgerda carlsoni Rudman, 1978. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/halgcarl

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