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Berghia rissodominguezi

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Species of gastropod

Berghia rissodominguezi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Aeolidiidae
Genus: Berghia
Species: B. rissodominguezi
Binomial name
Berghia rissodominguezi
Muniain & Ortea, 1999

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

Distribution

Originally described from Argentina, this species has also been recorded from the Brazilian and Caribbean coasts.

Description

The maximum recorded length is 52 mm.

References

  1. Muniain, C. & Ortea, J. 1999. First records of the genus Berghia Trinchese, 1977 (Opisthobranchia: Aeolidiidae) from Argentina, with description of a new species. Avicennia, 10/11: 143–150.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2010). Berghia rissodominguezi Muniain & Ortea, 1999. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-03-08.
  3. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Berghia rissodominguezi
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