Willey's Halgerda

Halgerda willeyi

''Halgerda willeyi'' is a species of sea slug. It is a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.
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Appearance

The body of the ''Halgerda willeyi'' is rigid, with a series of acute interconnecting ridges. The ridges are topped with a yellow or orange line. The grooves between the ridges have chocolate brown lines and these lines extend right to the edge of the mantle as numerous radiating lines. This species is a fairly large halgerdid, and can reach 50 mm.
Halgerda wileyi Seen in Malapascua, Philippines (2012). Photo by Mark Bockstael (my husband).
Halgerda willeyi is a species of sea slug. It is a dorid nudibranch, and shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae. The body of the Halgerda willeyi is rigid, with soft curves and various colours. White or gray with interconnected yellow-topped ridges and numerous black and yellow lines between. This species is a fairly large halgerdid, and can reach 8 cm. Halgerda willeyi can be found throughout the western Indo-Pacific, including Taiwan, Vietnam, Myanmar, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia and in the Red Sea.        Fall,Geotagged,Halgerda willeyi,Philippines

Distribution

This species was described from a single specimen collected at Lifou, Loyalty Islands, by Dr A. Willey. ''Halgerda willeyi'' has been reported throughout the western Indo-Pacific, including Taiwan, Vietnam, Myanmar, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia and in the Red Sea. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.]

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNudibranchia
FamilyDiscodorididae
GenusHalgerda
SpeciesH. willeyi
Photographed in
Philippines