Tagalog Dorid

Taringa halgerda

Nudibranchs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth3–18 m
Water temperature19–29 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and October
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Bernard Picton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Taringa halgerda is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Taringa halgerda”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 6 records
February: 11 records
March: 13 records
April: 29 records
May: 22 records
June: 7 records
July: 6 records
August: 8 records
September: 9 records
October: 20 records
November: 12 records
December: 14 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–18 m · Deepest record: 20 m

0–10 m: 4 records
10–20 m: 13 records
20–30 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 10 records
28–30 °C: 39 records

Photos

Names and classification

English: Tagalog Dorid

Similar species

Carminodoris nodulosa
Bohol Discodoris
Discodoris boholiensis
Batangas Halgerda
Halgerda batangas
Willey’s Nudibranch
Halgerda willeyi
Ringed Velvet Dorid
Jorunna funebris
Spotted Foot Nudibranch
Tayuva lilacina

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
63 open-data records from 1992 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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