Berghia columbina
| Berghia columbina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Aeolidida |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Aeolidiidae |
| Genus: | Berghia |
| Species: | 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
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