Berghia creutzbergi
| Berghia creutzbergi | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Aeolidida |
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| Species: | B. creutzbergi
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| Binomial name | |
| Berghia creutzbergi Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970[1]
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Spurilla creutzbergi (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970) | |
Berghia creutzbergi is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[2]
Distribution[edit]
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[edit]
Berghia creutzbergi has a maximum reported size of 30 mm.[4]
Habitat[edit]
This species is found in depths from 0 to 5 m.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.