Berghia marcusi

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Species of gastropod

title: "Berghia marcusi" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["aeolidiidae", "gastropods-described-in-2008"] description: "Species of gastropod" topic_path: "general/aeolidiidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berghia_marcusi" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Species of gastropod ::

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

Distribution

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

Description

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

References

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). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532442 ''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. The Academy of Natural Sciences]]
  4. Townsend, J. (2008).[http://www.jaxshells.org/berg.htm ''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). [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu031 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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