Berghia dakariensis

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

Berghia dakariensis
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. dakariensis
Binomial name
Berghia dakariensis
Synonyms
  • Spurilla dakariensis Pruvot-Fol 1953
  • Aeolidiella benteva (Er. Marcus, 1958)
  • Anteaeolidiella benteva (Er. Marcus, 1958)
  • Baeolidia benteva Er. Marcus, 1958

Distribution

This species was described from Senegal, West Africa. Baeolidia benteva was described from the Caribbean Sea and is currently considered to be a synonym of this species.[3] Carmona et al.[4] considered S. dakariensis to be a nomen dubium since “some forms of Spurilla neapolitana, Spurilla sp. A and Spurilla braziliana could be attributed to Spurilla dakariensis. Additionally, it has been shown that the radular morphology of aeolidiids does not allow unequivocal identification of species."[5][6]

Description

The maximum recorded body length is 19 mm.[7]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[7] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[7]

References
  1. Pruvot-Fol A. (1953). Etude de quelques Opisthobranches de la côte Atlantique du Maroc et du Senegal. Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique Chérifien 5: 1-105.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). Berghia dakariensis (Pruvot-Fol, 1953). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-23
  3. Caballer M. & Ortea J. (2013). Spurilla dakariensis Pruvot-Fol 1953 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia: Aeolidoidea), a valid species of Berghia Trinchese 1877 from Senegal, West Africa. Journal of Conchology 41(4): 439-443.
  4. Carmona, L., Pola, M., Gosliner, T.M. & Cervera, J.L. (2013). A tale that morphology fails to tell: a molecular phylogeny of Aeolidiidae (Aeolidida, Nudibranchia, Gastropoda). PLoS ONE, 8: e63000. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063000
  5. Carmona, L. 2013. Sistemática de los moluscos nudibranquios de la familia Aeolidiidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia). PhD thesis, Universidad de Cádiz.
  6. 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.
  7. Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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