Berghia amakusana

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

Berghia amakusana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Aeolidiidae
Genus:
Berghia
Species:
B. amakusana
Binomial name
Berghia amakusana
(Baba, 1937)[1]
Synonyms
  • Baeolidia major amakusana Baba, 1937
  • Baeolidia major Baba, non Eliot [2]

Distribution

This species was described from Tomioka, Fukushima, Japan.

References
  1. Baba, K. (1937). Opisthobranchia of Japan (II). Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 5(7):289-344, pls. 1-2.
  2. Baba, K. (1933). Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, vol. 14, no. 1, 1933, p. 178.
  3. WoRMS (2014). Berghia amakusana (Baba, 1937). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-23
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