Berghia rissodominguezi Muniain & Ortea, 1999

Cetra, Nicolás & Roche, Andrea, 2023, Nudibranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from San Matías Gulf, Northern Argentine Patagonia, Zootaxa 5244 (5), pp. 455-473 : 466-467

Berghia rissodominguezi Muniain & Ortea, 1999

( Figures 6A, 6B , 7A )

Material examined. Argentina, Río Negro , Caleta Los Hornitos, two specimens, intertidal, 23/02/2017 (ESCM-Ma-37) .

Description. Length up to 30 mm. Body elongated, translucent white color, with oblique bright orange lines at the base of the cerata and rhinophores. Translucent cerata with white tip and a small, terminal cnidosac. Oral tentacles long, distal portion yellow. Rhinophores yellow ( Figure 6B ). Radular formula 25 x 0.1.0 (ESCM-Ma-37). Rachidian teeth bicurved with up to 45 denticles on each side of the central triangular cusp ( Figure 7A ).

Geographic distribution and depth range. Western Atlantic, from Florida to San Jose gulf, Argentina ( Muniain & Ortea 1999, Padula et al. 2011). Found in soft and intertidal bottoms under rocks up to 15 m depth.

Biology. The white egg mass is a cylindrical belt with up to four complete turns in a spiral. The egg mass is deposited on rocks ( Figure 6B ).

Remarks. This species was described and illustrated by Muniain & Ortea (1999). It is a warm water species that extends its distribution to the Magallanes Province. This is the first record of the B. rissodominguezi in the San Matías gulf.

Figures

FIGURE 6. (A) Berghia rissodominguezi, (B) egg mass of Berghia rissodominguezi, (C) Doto uva, (D) egg mass of Doto uva, (E) Coryphella cf. verta, (F) Tritonia odhneri.

FIGURE 7. Scanning electron micrographs. (A) Berghia rissodominguezi (ESCM-Ma-37): radular teeth; (B) Coryphella cf. verta (ESCM-Ma-82): radular teeth; (C-D) Doto uva (MLP-Ma 14657): (C) radular teeth, (D) detail of the central teeth; (E-F) Tritonia odhneri (ESCM-Ma-10): (E) radular teeth, (F) detail of the central and lateral teeth.