Berghia norvegica

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Berghia norvegica
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The nudibranch Berghia norvegica, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Aeolidiidae
Genus: Berghia
Species:
B. norvegica
Binomial name
Berghia norvegica
Odhner, 1939 [1]

Berghia norvegica is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae. [2] [3]

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Distribution

Berghia norvegica was described from Trondheim Fjord. It is known only from a few localities in Norway.

Ecology

This nudibranch feeds on the sea anemone Gonactinia prolifera .

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References

  1. Odhner N. (1939). "Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from the western and northern coast of Norway". Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers-Selskabs Skrifter1: 1-93.
  2. 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.
  3. Gofas, S. (2010). Berghia norvegica Odhner, 1939. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-03-08