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Berghia norvegica

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Species of gastropod

Berghia norvegica
The nudibranch Berghia norvegica, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Aeolidiidae
Genus: Berghia
Species: B. norvegica
Binomial name
Berghia norvegica
Odhner, 1939

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

Distribution

Berghia norvegica was described from Trondheim Fjord. It is known only from a few localities in Norway.

Ecology

This nudibranch feeds on the sea anemone Gonactinia prolifera.

References

  1. Odhner N. (1939). "Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from the western and northern coast of Norway". Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers-Selskabs Skrifter 1: 1-93.
  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.
  3. Gofas, S. (2010). Berghia norvegica Odhner, 1939. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-03-08
Taxon identifiers
Berghia norvegica
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