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2022 Société Jersiaise, first sighting of Berghia coerulescens in the British Isles

Publisher
Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Updated
11 August 2025
Topic
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Licence
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Summary

The sea slug species Berghia coerulescens was found on the 8th August in Jersey (near the centre of a gully that runs through Les Ecrehous reef) along with an egg mass; the first of this species to be spotted in the British Isles. This was sighted and recorded by Nick Jouault (cc'd in) of the Société Jersiaise and then the sighting has been confirmed by expert Bernard Picton.

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
16 July 2025
Harvest GUID
2f606b39d32ea58830a1bd405b92af01
Extent (Latitude)
49.3000° to 49.2000°
Extent (Longitude)
-2.0000° to -1.9000°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2025-07-16
Dataset reference date (revision)
2022-08-08
Dataset reference date (creation)
2022-08-08
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
Open Access
Responsible party
Sochi State University of recreation and tourism (owner, originator); DASSH, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitat Data (custodian, distributor)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng