Berghia verrucicornis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.
Distribution This species was described from the Gulf of Naples, Italy. It is widespread in the Mediterranean Sea. On the eastern coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean Berghia verrucicornis is reported from the Bassin d"ArcachonBebbington, A., & Thomas E. Thompson. 1968. Note sur les opisthobranches du Bassin d'Arcachon. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, ser. A 105(5):1-35. south to Senegal and Ghana.Edmunds, M. (1968). Eolid Mollusca from Ghana with further details of west Atlantic species. Bulletin of Marine Science, 18(1): 203-219. Reports of this species from elsewhere appear to be of similar separate species, in particular Berghia stephanieae.
Description This species has a maximum reported size of 20 mm.
Habitat This species is found in depths of 0 m to 11 m.
In the aquarium The species from aquaria eating Aiptasia anemones has been called Berghia verrucicornis, but is actually the species Berghia stephanieae, which was described in 2005.Rudman, W.B., 1998 (July 2) Berghia verrucicornis (A. Costa, 1864). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Accessed 13 September 2011.
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