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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Aeolidiidae |
| Genus: | Berghia |
| Species: | B. marcusi
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| Binomial name | |
| Berghia marcusi Dominguez, Troncoso & García, 2008[1]
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Distribution
editThis species is present in western Atlantic Ocean, from Florida to Jamaica and south to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo).[3]
Description
editBerghia 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Berghia marcusi in Malacolog, a Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca, from The Academy of Natural Sciences
- ^ Townsend, J. (2008).Berghia marcusi Dominguez, Troncoso, and Garcia, 2008 First U. S. Record. at JaxShells.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Berghia marcusi in Conquiliologistas do Brasil (in English)