Berghia marcusi is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.Rosenberg, G. (2010). Berghia marcusi. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-03-08
Distribution This species is present in western Atlantic Ocean, from Florida to Jamaica and south to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo).Berghia marcusi in Malacolog, a Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca, from The Academy of Natural Sciences
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.Townsend, J. (2008).Berghia marcusi Dominguez, Troncoso, and Garcia, 2008 First U. S. Record. at JaxShells.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.
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External links Berghia marcusi in Conquiliologistas do Brasil (in English)