Halgerda cf willeyi
Eliot, 1904

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Dorididae

PHOTO

Hachijo Island, Japan. Upper 60mm long, Lower 50mm. PHOTOS: Rie Nakano.

This differs from Halgerda willeyi in having a yellow border to the mantle. Apparently variable in colour with yellow lines on mantle sometimes being absent.

See Rie Nakano's message below.

Reference:
• Eliot, C.N.E. (1904) On some nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar. Part III. Dorididae Cryptobranchiatae, I. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1903(2): 354-385, Pls. 32-34.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (November 24) Halgerda cf willeyi Eliot, 1904. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/halgsp3

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  1. Halgerda cf. willeyi from Japan
    From: Rie Nakano , March 12, 2002
  2. Halgerda cf willeyi? from Japan
    From: Rie Nakano, December 2, 1999

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