Biology:Berghia verrucicornis
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Aeolidida |
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| Species: | B. verrucicornis
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| Berghia verrucicornis (A. Costa, 1867)[1]
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Berghia verrucicornis 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 was described from the Gulf of Naples, Italy.[1] It is widespread in the Mediterranean Sea. On the eastern coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean Berghia verrucicornis is reported from the Bassin d"Arcachon[3] south to Senegal[4] and Ghana.[5] Reports of this species from elsewhere appear to be of similar separate species, in particular Berghia stephanieae.
Description
This species has a maximum reported size of 20 mm.[4]
Habitat
This species is found in depths of 0 m to 11 m.[4]
In the aquarium
The species from aquaria eating Aiptasia anemones has been called Berghia verrucicornis, but is actually the species Berghia stephanieae, which was described in 2005.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Costa, A. 1867. [for 1864]. Saggio sui molluschi eolididei del Golfo di Napoli. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Universita di Napoli 4(2):26-37, pls. 1-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Berghia verrucicornis (A. Costa, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-23
- ↑ Bebbington, A., & Thomas E. Thompson. 1968. Note sur les opisthobranches du Bassin d'Arcachon. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, ser. A 105(5):1-35.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Rudman, W.B., 1998 (July 2) Berghia verrucicornis (A. Costa, 1864). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Accessed 13 September 2011.
- ↑ Edmunds, M. (1968). Eolid Mollusca from Ghana with further details of west Atlantic species. Bulletin of Marine Science, 18(1): 203-219.
Wikidata ☰ Q4891664 entry
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