Berghia creutzbergi

Berghia creutzbergi is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[2]

Berghia creutzbergi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Subclass:Heterobranchia
Order:Nudibranchia
Suborder:Cladobranchia
Family:Aeolidiidae
Genus:Berghia
Species:
B. creutzbergi
Binomial name
Berghia creutzbergi
Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970[1]
Synonyms[2]

Spurilla creutzbergi (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970)
Milleria ritmica Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003
Millereolidia ritmica (Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003)

Distribution

This species is an inhabitant of the Tropical Western Atlantic Ocean present in Brazil, Curaçao, Venezuela, Barbados, Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, Cuba and Florida.[3]

Description

Berghia creutzbergi has a maximum reported size of 30 mm.[4]

Habitat

This species is found in depths from 0 to 5 m.[5]

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