Berghia coerulescens

(Laurillard, 1830)

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA

Suborder: AEOLIDINA

Family: Aeolidiidae



DISTRIBUTION

Mediterranean and adjacent Atlantic coasts.

PHOTO

Celce village, near Krk, Croatia. 10 August 2003. Photo: Duncan v Vliet

The body colour is white, while the cerata are light blue with a yellow tip. There can be a pair of orange marks on the head between the rhinophores and oral tentacles. The orange brown rhinophore clubs are papillate posteriorly but along the sides the papillae appear to coalesce into ridges. The foot corners are tentaculiform. They feed on sea anemones and grow to 70 mm in length. Atlantic-Mediterranean species, quite common in temperate-warm waters

References:

• Cattaneo-Vietti, R., Chemello, R. & Giannuzzi-Savelli, R. (1990). Atlas of Mediterranean Nudibranchs. La Conchiglia, Rome. 264 pages

• Tardy, J. (1962): A propos des especes de Berghia (Gasteropodes Nudibranches) des cotes de France et de leur biologie. Bulletin de l'Institut de l'Oceanographie, Monaco, 1255: 2-18.

Authorship details

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (October 10) Berghia coerulescens (Laurillard, 1830). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/bergcoer