Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater
Info
Halgerda albocristata Gosliner & Fahey, 1998
Yellow mantle with numerous intersecting opaque white lines (compared to H. elegans which has a translucent mantle with numerous intersecting, orange-yellow lines). Mantle margin translucent white with numerous blackish brown lines - usually one long line and then three short ones. The undersurface of the mantle and the sides of the foot are white and spotted with blackish brown.
The name "albocristata" means white ridge.It was chosen to distinguish this species with its white ridges from Halgerda elegans which has orange-yellow ridge crests.
Diet sponges
Yellow mantle with numerous intersecting opaque white lines (compared to H. elegans which has a translucent mantle with numerous intersecting, orange-yellow lines). Mantle margin translucent white with numerous blackish brown lines - usually one long line and then three short ones. The undersurface of the mantle and the sides of the foot are white and spotted with blackish brown.
The name "albocristata" means white ridge.It was chosen to distinguish this species with its white ridges from Halgerda elegans which has orange-yellow ridge crests.
Diet sponges
