Taringa halgerda
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| Taringa halgerda | |
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| Taringa halgerda from Puerto Galera in the Philippines | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Taringa |
| Species: | T. halgerda |
| Binomial name | |
| Taringa halgerda | |
Taringa halgerda is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.
There is no real certainty that this species is placed in the correct genus.[1]
This species was described from Balayan Bay, Batangas Province, Luzon, Philippines. It is found in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean, especially around Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.[2]
