Berghia dakariensis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Berghia dakariensis (Pruvot-Fol, 1953). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-23
Distribution This species was described from Senegal, West Africa. Baeolidia benteva was described from the Caribbean Sea and is currently considered to be a synonym of this species.Caballer M. & Ortea J. (2013). Spurilla dakariensis Pruvot-Fol 1953 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia: Aeolidoidea), a valid species of Berghia Trinchese 1877 from Senegal, West Africa. Journal of Conchology 41(4): 439-443. Carmona et al.Carmona, L., Pola, M., Gosliner, T.M. & Cervera, J.L. (2013). A tale that morphology fails to tell: a molecular phylogeny of Aeolidiidae (Aeolidida, Nudibranchia, Gastropoda). PLoS ONE, 8: e63000. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063000 considered S. dakariensis to be a nomen dubium since “some forms of Spurilla neapolitana, Spurilla sp. A and Spurilla braziliana could be attributed to Spurilla dakariensis. Additionally, it has been shown that the radular morphology of aeolidiids does not allow unequivocal identification of species."Carmona, L. 2013. Sistemática de los moluscos nudibranquios de la familia Aeolidiidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia). PhD thesis, Universidad de Cádiz.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.
Description The maximum recorded body length is 19 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
Habitat Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.
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