Berghia verrucicornis

Berghia verrucicornis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[2]

Berghia verrucicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Aeolidiidae
Genus:
Berghia
Species:
B. verrucicornis
Binomial name
Berghia verrucicornis
(A. Costa, 1867)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Eolidia cavolinii Vérany, 1846
  • Eolis grossularia P. Fischer, 1869
  • Facelina variegata d'Oliveira, 1895
  • Flabellina verrucicornis A. Costa, 1867 (original combination)
  • Spurilla margaritae Labbé, 1923
  • Spurilla verrucicornis (A. Costa, 1867)

Distribution

This species was described from the Gulf of Naples, Italy.[1] It is widespread in the Mediterranean Sea. On the eastern coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean Berghia verrucicornis is reported from the Bassin d"Arcachon[3] south to Senegal[4] and Ghana.[5] Reports of this species from elsewhere appear to be of similar separate species, in particular Berghia stephanieae.

Description

This species has a maximum reported size of 20 mm.[4]

Habitat

This species is found in depths of 0 m to 11 m.[4]

In the aquarium

The species from aquaria eating Aiptasia anemones has been called Berghia verrucicornis, but is actually the species Berghia stephanieae, which was described in 2005.[4]

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References
  1. Costa, A. 1867. [for 1864]. Saggio sui molluschi eolididei del Golfo di Napoli. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Universita di Napoli 4(2):26-37, pls. 1-2.
  2. Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Berghia verrucicornis (A. Costa, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-23
  3. Bebbington, A., & Thomas E. Thompson. 1968. Note sur les opisthobranches du Bassin d'Arcachon. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, ser. A 105(5):1-35.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 1998 (July 2) Berghia verrucicornis (A. Costa, 1864). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Accessed 13 September 2011.
  5. Edmunds, M. (1968). Eolid Mollusca from Ghana with further details of west Atlantic species. Bulletin of Marine Science, 18(1): 203-219.
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