Biology:Marionia cabindae

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Marionia cabindae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Tritoniidae
Genus: Marionia
Species:
M. cabindae
Binomial name
Marionia cabindae
White, 1955[1]

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

Distribution

This species was described from West Africa. The type material consisted of one specimen taken at [ ⚑ ] 5°39′S 12°0′E / 5.65°S 12°E / -5.65; 12, at a depth of 40 m, on 14.10.1948, twelve miles W.S.W. of Cabinda, and one taken at [ ⚑ ] 5°48′S 12°03′E / 5.8°S 12.05°E / -5.8; 12.05 at a depth of 30-35 m on 16.10.1948, seven miles S.W. of Pointe Ngelo.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q61699478 entry