Sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil
Author
Delgado, Marlon
Author
Freire, Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais
Author
Meirelles, Carlos Augusto Oliveira de
Author
Padula, Vinicius
Author
Bahia, Juliana
Author
Brandão, Simone Nunes
text
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
2022
2022-11-01
62
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2022.62.063
journal article
10.11606/1807-0205/2022.62.063
1807-0205
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38.
Berghia rissodominguezi
Muniain & Ortea, 1999 (
Fig. 4H
)
Material examined:
Praia de
Baia
Formosa
,
Baia
Formosa
,
05.VII.2009
,
one specimen
,
3 mm
(body length), leg.
M
. Delgado (
GEEFAA
289).
Description:
Elongated and cylindrical body. It has a whitish translucent background, with the whitish back cut by two lateral orange lines from the oral tentacles to the base of the last cerata, very translucent at the beginning of the oral tentacles. From the median to the ends the color changes to a light yellow, almost beige, the rhinophores have an orange base, yellowish in the medial region and translucent in the apical region. Cerata have a translucent color with soft spots in a light orange tone, with yellowish cnidosacs. In the anterior portion there is a prominent head with lateral eyes and, below the base of the rhinophores, smooth oral tentacles and a gradually thin thickness at the tip. Elongate and lamellated rhinophores with tips thinner than the base, with an oblique angle. In the medial region, there are very long and thin cerata, arranged in pairs of six rows on the lateral side. The muscular foot is broad and flat, becoming well tapered in the posterior portion, forming a slender tail.
Geographic distribution:
Western Atlantic:
Argentina
,
Aruba
,
Bonaire
,
CuraÇao
,
Guadeloupe
,
Jamaica
,
Mexico
,
Panama
,
St. Lucia
,
USA
,
Venezuela
,
Brazil
(
Alagoas
,
Rio Grande do Norte
– present study,
São Paulo
, Santa Catarina) (
Marcus, 1957
: as
Berghia coerulescens
;
Padula
et al.,
2011
;
Padula
et al.,
2012
).