Taringa halgerda Gosliner & Behrens, 1998
- Location
- DIVE7000, Anilao, Philippines
- Date
- 2013/03/18
- Length
- 30mm
- Depth
- 15.0m
- Water temperature
- 27.0℃
Description
Ground color translucent white, with irregular white blotches and scattered raised orange-yellow patches across the dorsum. The orange-yellow patches surround the base of the gill and the gill aperture. Rhinophores black. The gill carries orange-yellow tones.Distribution
Tropical western Pacific.Etymology
From the genus name Halgerda.Remarks
Family Discodorididae, genus Taringa. Though the external appearance is reminiscent of Halgerda, anatomical characters place this species in Taringa.A Kindle field guide by the site author
Kimoto N. (2026). Sea Slugs of Japan & the Indo-Pacific, 2nd Edition.
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Academic Database
Sea slug observation data is available in international marine biodiversity databases.