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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Aeolidioidea: Aeolidiidae

Berghia marcusi Dominguez, Troncoso & García, 2008


Range: 18°N to 23.4°S; 77°W to 41.9°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16.6  mm

Synonymy

Berghia coerulescens auct. non Laurillard in Cuvier, 1830
Berghia marcusi Dominguez, Troncoso & García, 2008

Details


Berghia marcusi Dominguez, Troncoso & García, 2008, p. 355-362, figs. 1F-G, 6A-F, 7A-B
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Praia de Armaca~o, Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 0 m
Range: 18°N to 23.4°S; 77°W to 41.9°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16.6 mm
Distribution: Jamaica, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo
References: Domínguez, Troncoso & García (2009) LlNSEWM

Berghia coerulescens auct. non Laurillard in Cuvier, 1830, 
[Not available]
Distribution: ABC Islands: Curacao; Jamaica
References: Domínguez, Troncoso & García (2009) s
Comments: Misidentification; B. coerulescens is Eastern Atlantic.


Partial List of References

Domínguez, M., J. S. Troncoso and F. J. García. 2009. The family Aeolidiidae Gray, 1827 (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia) from Brazil, with the description of a new species belonging to the genus Berghia Trinchese, 1877 Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153 349-368.

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