Biology:Marionia bathycarolinensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Marionia bathycarolinensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Tritoniidae
Genus: Marionia
Species:
M. bathycarolinensis
Binomial name
Marionia bathycarolinensis
Smith & Gosliner, 2005[1]

Marionia bathycarolinensis is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from two specimens collected in deep water (191–223 m) by a submarine at Mutremdiu 3, Palau, Caroline Islands, [ ⚑ ] 07°16′27″N 134°34′37″E / 7.27417°N 134.57694°E / 7.27417; 134.57694 (Mutremdiu 3).[1]

Ecology

Analysis of the stomach contents suggests that this species feeds on a species of the octocoral Paracis Kükenthal, 1919, Family Plexauridae Gray, 1859.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Smith, V. G.; Gosliner, T. M. (2005). A new species of Marionia (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) from the Caroline Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4(56): 66-75.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Marionia bathycarolinensis V. G. Smith & Gosliner, 2005. Accessed on 2021-01-09.

Wikidata ☰ Q13815780 entry