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Berghia creutzbergi

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Berghia creutzbergi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Aeolidiidae
Genus: Berghia
Species:
B. creutzbergi
Binomial name
Berghia creutzbergi
Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970[1]
Synonyms[2]

Spurilla creutzbergi (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970)
Milleria ritmica Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003
Millereolidia ritmica (Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003)

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

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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

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Berghia creutzbergi has a maximum reported size of 30 mm.[4]

Habitat

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This species is found in depths from 0 to 5 m.[5]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (October 15) Spurilla creutzbergi (Marcus & Marcus, 1970). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.