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Chan's Dorid

Hallaxa chani

Classification

Hallaxa chani is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Actinocyclidae. Distribution Hallaxa chani ranges from central California to southeast Alaska (Gosliner & Williams, 1975; Millen, 1989). It is rare in the southern part of its range, but in the Pacific Northwest, can be quite common in boulder/cobble habitats with large populations of its sponge prey, Halisarca sp.

Distribution

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