Biology:Berghia columbina

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Berghia columbina
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
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B. columbina
Binomial name
Berghia columbina
(Garcia-Gomez & Thompson, 1990)

Berghia columbina is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[1]

Distribution

Originally described from the southwestern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, Atlantic Ocean. This species has been reported from the Mediterranean coast of Andalusia, southern Spain , southern Portugal the Canary Islands, Senegal and the Atlantic coast of Morocco.[2]

References

  1. Gofas, S. (2010). Berghia columbina (Garcia-Gomez & Thompson, 1990). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-03-10
  2. 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q4891655 entry