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

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. ^ a b 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.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berghia_marcusi
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