| Berghia verrucicornis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Aeolidiidae |
| Genus: | Berghia |
| Species: | B. verrucicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Berghia verrucicornis (A. Costa, 1867) | |
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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.
Distribution
This species was described from the Gulf of Naples, Italy. 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 south to Senegal and Ghana. 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.
Habitat
This species is found in depths of 0 m to 11 m.
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.
References
- ^ Costa, A. 1867. . Saggio sui molluschi eolididei del Golfo di Napoli. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Universita di Napoli 4(2):26-37, pls. 1-2.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 1998 (July 2) Berghia verrucicornis (A. Costa, 1864). 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.
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| Berghia verrucicornis | |