Berghia creutzbergi
Berghia creutzbergi is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[2]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Aeolidida |
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| Species: | B. creutzbergi |
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| Berghia creutzbergi Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970[1] | |
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Spurilla creutzbergi (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970) | |
Distribution
This species is an inhabitant of the Tropical Western Atlantic Ocean present in Brazil, Curaçao, Venezuela, Barbados, Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, Cuba and Florida.[3]
Description
Berghia creutzbergi has a maximum reported size of 30 mm.[4]
Habitat
This species is found in depths from 0 to 5 m.[5]
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References
- Marcus, Er. & Marcus, Ev. 1970. Opisthobranchs from Curaçao and faunistically related regions. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, 33: 1–129.
- Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Berghia creutzbergi Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-23
- Carmona L., Pola M., Gosliner T.M. & Cervera J.L. (2014). The Atlantic-Mediterranean genus Berghia Trinchese, 1877 (Nudibranchia: Aeolidiidae): taxonomic review and phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 80(5): 482-498.
- Valdés, Ángel; Hamann, Jeff; Behrens, David W.; DuPont, Anne. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Etc., Gig Harbor, Washington 2006, pp. 158-159. ISBN 0-9700574-2-3
- Rudman, W.B., 2003 (October 15) Spurilla creutzbergi (Marcus & Marcus, 1970). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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