Berghia agari

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

Berghia agari
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. agari
Binomial name
Berghia agari
(Smallwood, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Facelina agari Smallwood, 1910 (original combination)
  • Millereolidia agari (Smallwood, 1910)

Distribution

This species was described from Bermuda. It has been reported from Guadeloupe.[3]

References
  1. Smallwood, W. M. (1910). Notes on the hydroids and nudibranchs of Bermuda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pt. 1, pp. 137-145.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). Berghia agari (Smallwood, 1910). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-23.
  3. Ortea J., Espinosa J., Buske Y. & Caballer M. (2013). Additions to the inventory of the sea slugs (Opisthobranchia and Sacoglossa) from Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea). Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, 25: 163-194.
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