Chocolate Waffle Dorid
Halgerda wasinensis Eliot, 1904
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Halgerda wasinensis Eliot, 1904
- Name authority
- Eliot, 1904
- Common name
- Chocolate Waffle Dorid
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Family
- Discodorididae
- Genus
- Halgerda
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
- subclassHeterobranchia Burmeister, 1837
- infraclassEuthyneura Spengel, 1881
- subterclassRingipleura
- superorderNudipleura Wägele & Willan, 2000
- infraorderDoridoidei
- superfamilyDoridoidea Rafinesque, 1815
- familyDiscodorididae Bergh, 1891
- genusHalgerda Bergh, 1880
- speciesHalgerda wasinensis Eliot, 1904
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Halgerda. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Halgerda azteca Fahey & Gosliner, 2000 | DiscodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halgerda batangas Carlson & Hoff, 2000 | DiscodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halgerda brunneomaculata Carlson & Hoff, 1993 | DiscodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halgerda brycei Fahey & Gosliner, 2001 | DiscodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Golden Waffle DoridHalgerda dalanghita Fahey & Gosliner, 1999 | DiscodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halgerda diaphana Fahey & Gosliner, 1999 | DiscodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halgerda formosa Bergh, 1880 | DiscodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halgerda graphica Basedow & Hedley, 1905 | DiscodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halgerda gunnessi Fahey & Gosliner, 2001 | DiscodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halgerda malesso Carlson & Hoff, 1993 | DiscodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halgerda maricola Fahey & Gosliner, 2001 | DiscodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lemon Meringue Waffle DoridHalgerda meringuecitrea Tibiriçá, Pola & Cervera, 2018 | DiscodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Eliot, C. N. E. (1904). On some nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar part. III. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1903:2:354–385. [Dated December 1st 1903 but not published until April 1904]. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1905.tb08338.x Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3JBJL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.