Marionia arborescens Bergh, 1890

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, Zootaxa 4359 (1), pp. 1-133 : 92

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026253

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scientific name

Marionia arborescens Bergh, 1890
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Marionia arborescens Bergh, 1890 View in CoL

( Figure 29 D View FIGURE 29 )

Material examined. Six specimens. MHN-YT278b, ZRP, 21 Feb. 2012, 2m, 18mm; MB28-004512, ZRP, 21 Feb. 2012, 2m, 20mm; MB28-004513, 21 Feb. 2012, 2m; MB28-004514, ZRP, 21 Feb. 2012, 2m, 36mm; MB28- 0 0 4788, ZRP, 0 5 Jan. 2014, 0.3m, 44mm; MB28-005027, NHR, 25 May 2016, 8m, 38mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora and Nuarro.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Philippines, Indonesia, Tanzania, South Africa (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.

Remarks. Active at night on soft corals.

Bergh, L. S. R. (1890) Die cladohepatischen Nudibranchien. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abtheilung fur Systematik Geographie und Biologie der Thiere, 5, 1 - 75.

Gallery Image

FIGURE 29. A, Dermatobranchus sp. 3 (MB28-004590). B, Dermatobranchus sp. 4 (MB28-004604). C, Dermatobranchus sp. 5 (MB28-004409). D, Marionia arborescens (MB28-004514). E, Marionia elongoreticulata (MB28-005026). F, Marionia levis (MB28-004895).G, Marionia rubra(ZMBN105607). H, Marioniasp. (MB28-004784).I–J, Tritoniopsis elegans (MB28- 004510 and MB28-004691, respectively).K, Bornella anguilla(MB28-004426).L, Bornella stellifera (MB28-004958).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Nudibranchia

Family

Tritoniidae

Genus

Marionia