page_title: Berghia stephanieae
section_title: Veliger stage
hierarchical_section_title: Berghia stephanieae / Ecology / Life cycle / Veliger stage
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of an dorsal view of veliger stage larva (12% of development) of Berghia stephanieae (Valdés, 2005) (synonym: Aeolidiella stephanieaeà. Scale bar is 100 μm. e = eyes pp = elaborated larval foot (propodium) s = shell v = ciliated velum cap = the capsule that surrounds each embryo.
context_page_description: Berghia stephanieae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae. It was previously known as Aeolidiella stephanieae.
context_section_description: Veliger stage (10-20% of development): The embryo can retract the velum into the shell and the eyes as well as the larval foot (propodium) appear.
caption: Dorsal view of veliger stage larva (12% of development). Scale bar is 100 μm.
   e = eyes,
   pp = elaborated larval foot (propodium),
   s = shell,
   v = ciliated velum,
   cap = the capsule that surrounds each embryo.
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