''Berghia marcusi'' is a

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, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less

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in the

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.Rosenberg, G. (2010)
''Berghia marcusi''.
In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through:

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on 2011-03-08

Distribution

This species is present in western

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and south to

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).''Berghia marcusi''
in Malacolog, a Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca, from

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Description

''Berghia marcusi'' has a maximum reported size of 16.6 mm. It is a translucent white animal with a pattern of orange patches on the head and orange lines at the bases of the cerata.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.

References

External links

''Berghia marcusi''
in Conquiliologistas do Brasil (in English) {{Taxonbar, from=Q4891656 Aeolidiidae Gastropods described in 2008