Alan Sutton, Tansania
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Halgerda nuarrensis Tibiriçá, Pola & Cervera, 2018
A new described species from a specimen collected at Memba Bay, Nuarro, Mozambique and a single other specimen collected nearby.
Halgerda nuarrensis was named in honor of Nuarro EcoLodge in recognition of their research support for the first author (Yara Tibiriçá) and conservation efforts. Nuarro is also the local name for the blow hole near the bay where the type specimen was collected.
The body is translucent white covered with tiny orange dots. This Halgerda have bright opaque white tubercles with orange spots on the tips. There is an orange margin around the foot and a yellow one around the mantle.
Black is present on the gills as lines, and a black line is found posteriorly on the rhinophore stalk and fades towards the sides. The rhinophore lamellae are mostly black.
Nudibranch genus Halgerda are sponge eater.
A new described species from a specimen collected at Memba Bay, Nuarro, Mozambique and a single other specimen collected nearby.
Halgerda nuarrensis was named in honor of Nuarro EcoLodge in recognition of their research support for the first author (Yara Tibiriçá) and conservation efforts. Nuarro is also the local name for the blow hole near the bay where the type specimen was collected.
The body is translucent white covered with tiny orange dots. This Halgerda have bright opaque white tubercles with orange spots on the tips. There is an orange margin around the foot and a yellow one around the mantle.
Black is present on the gills as lines, and a black line is found posteriorly on the rhinophore stalk and fades towards the sides. The rhinophore lamellae are mostly black.
Nudibranch genus Halgerda are sponge eater.
