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Berghia marcusi

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Family
  
Aeolidiidae

Scientific name
  
Berghia marcusi

Phylum
  
Superfamily
  
Aeolidioidea

Genus
  
Berghia

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Berghia coerulescens, Spurilla, Aeolidiidae, Berghia verrucicornis, Berghia stephanieae

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

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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

Berghia marcusi Wikipedia


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