Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Cladobranchia > Superfamily Aeolidioidea > Family Aeolidiidae > Genus Berghia

Berghia coerulescens (Laurillard, 1832)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Eolidia [sic]

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Berghia*	Trinchese, 1877	accepted genus name
*Berghia coerulescens*	(Laurillard, 1832)	taxonomically included in
*Berghia columbina*	(García-Gómez & T. E. Thompson, 1990)	taxonomically included in
*Berghia marinae*	Carmona, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014	taxonomically included in
*Berghia norvegica*	Odhner, 1939	taxonomically included in
*Berghia verrucicornis*	(A. Costa, 1867)	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Eolidia souleyetii*	Vérany, 1853	orthographic variant
*Berghia modesta*	Trinchese, 1882	synonym
*Eolidia souleyeti*	Vérany, 1853	synonym
*Eolis peregrina*	Delle Chiaje, 1841	synonym
*Spurilla coerulescens*	(Laurillard, 1832)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Italian: bergia azzurra

Literature

additional source	Trinchese, S. (1881). Per la fauna marittima italiana. Aeolididae e famiglie affini. Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei. (3) 11: 3-142 + 80pl.
status source	Tardy, J. (1962). A propos des espèces de Berghia (Gastéropodes Nudibranches) des côtes de France et de leur biologie. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco. 1255:1-20.
status source	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Berghia coerulescens (Laurillard, 1832). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196603