Hallaxa fuscescens

Hallaxa fuscescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Actinocyclidae
Genus: Hallaxa
Species: H. fuscescens
Binomial name
Hallaxa fuscescens
(Pease, 1871)

Hallaxa fuscescens is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Actinocyclidae. [1]

There is some doubt regarding the correct taxonomic classification of this species.[2]

Distribution

This species is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean.[2]

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Hallaxa fuscescens. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599490 on 2012-06-06
  2. 1 2 Gosliner, T.M. & Johnson, S. (1994) Review of the genus Hallaxa (Nudibranchia: Actinocyclidae) with descriptions of nine new species. The Veliger, 37(2): 155-191. Accessed from the Sea Slug Forum http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/hallfusc on 2012-02-26


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