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Tessellated Nudibranch

Halgerda tessellata

Description:

Halgerda tessellata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.

Habitat:

This species was described from Palau. It occurs from the western shores of the Indian Ocean in Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar to SE Australia and the Mariana Islands, Pacific Ocean.

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2 Comments

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 8 years ago

Thanks, @Lauran.
Its about 4.5 - 5 cm, rather large sized Nudibranch.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 8 years ago

Amazing! How big is it?

AlbertKang
Spotted by
AlbertKang

Batangas, Philippines

Spotted on Oct 27, 2012
Submitted on Jul 3, 2015

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