Berlanguella

Berlanguella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Doridina
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Berlanguella; Ortea, Bacallado & Valdés, 1992
Species:	B. scopae
Binomial name
	Berlanguella scopae; Ortea, Bacallado & Valdés, 1992

Berlanguella is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Chromodorididae.^[2] It is a monotypic genus and Berlanguella scopae is the only species in the genus.^[3]

Distribution[]

This species was described from , Santiago, in the Galápagos Islands. It was found at four other sites on different islands in the group, Isabela, Fernandina, Puerto Ayora on Isla Santa Cruz and Espanola.^[4]

Description[]

Berlanguella scopae is similar in appearance to species of Doriopsis with low rounded tubercles on the mantle and the gills arranged in a flat horseshoe-shape. It is translucent white or cream with yellow or orange tubercles.

Ecology[]

This nudibranch was collected at a number of sites on a cream coloured sponge in the intertidal zone.^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Ortea, J. A., J. J. Bacallado, & A. Valdés. 1992. Resultados cientificos del Proyecto Galapagos: partimonio de la humanidad. No. 1 Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia). Resultados Cientificos del Proyecto Galapagos TFMC 1:31-70.
^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Berlanguella Ortea, Bacallado & Valdés, 1992, accessed through World Register of Marine Species on 2012-02-25
^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Berlanguella scopae Ortea, Bacallado & Valdés, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-02-26.
^ ^a ^b Ortea, J., Bacallado, J.J. & Valdés, Á. (1992) Nº1 Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia). Resultados Científicos del Proyecto Galápagos, Patrimonio de la Humanidad, TFMC 1: 31-71. page(s): 34

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[Ortea-1] Ortea, J. A., J. J. Bacallado, & A. Valdés. 1992. Resultados cientificos del Proyecto Galapagos: partimonio de la humanidad. No. 1 Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia). Resultados Cientificos del Proyecto Galapagos TFMC 1:31-70.

[2] Bouchet, P. (2011). Berlanguella Ortea, Bacallado & Valdés, 1992, accessed through World Register of Marine Species on 2012-02-25

[WoRMS-3] Bouchet, P. (2011). Berlanguella scopae Ortea, Bacallado & Valdés, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-02-26.

[orig-4] Ortea, J., Bacallado, J.J. & Valdés, Á. (1992) Nº1 Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia). Resultados Científicos del Proyecto Galápagos, Patrimonio de la Humanidad, TFMC 1: 31-71. page(s): 34

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Taxon identifiers
Berlanguella	Wikidata: Q864129 Wikispecies: Berlanguella GBIF: 4605706 iNaturalist: 328803 IRMNG: 1236553 WoRMS: 558188
Berlanguella scopae	Wikidata: Q3638586 GBIF: 6519285 iNaturalist: 328800 IRMNG: 11799584 WoRMS: 558189