Berghia dakariensis
Species of gastropod
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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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Aeolidiidae |
| Genus: | Berghia |
| Species: | B. dakariensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Berghia dakariensis (Pruvot-Fol, 1953)[1] | |
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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]