Berghia marcusi

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

Berghia marcusi
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. marcusi
Binomial name
Berghia marcusi
Dominguez, Troncoso & García, 2008[1]

Distribution

This species is present in western Atlantic Ocean, from Florida to Jamaica and south to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo).[3]

Description

Berghia marcusi has a maximum reported size of 16.6 mm.[3] It is a translucent white animal with a pattern of orange patches on the head and orange lines at the bases of the cerata.[4][5]

References
  1. Domínguez, M., J. S. Troncoso and F. J. García. 2009. The family Aeolidiidae Gray, 1827 (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia) from Brazil, with the description of a new species belonging to the genus Berghia Trinchese, 1877. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153: 349-368.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Berghia marcusi. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-03-08
  3. Berghia marcusi in Malacolog, a Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca, from The Academy of Natural Sciences
  4. Townsend, J. (2008).Berghia marcusi Dominguez, Troncoso, and Garcia, 2008 First U. S. Record. at JaxShells.
  5. 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.
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