Marianina rosea (Pruvot-Fol, 1930)

Mehrotra, Rahul, A. Caballer Gutierrez, Manuel, M. Scott, Chad, Arnold, Spencer, Monchanin, Coline, Viyakarn, Voranop & Chavanich, Suchana, 2021, An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters, ZooKeys 1042, pp. 73-188 : 73

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1042.64474

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9CF986D8-6A47-4E17-9A67-245C78FB8AFD

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E54A0CE8-A766-5DAE-8778-3DDC6BF8BC90

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scientific name

Marianina rosea (Pruvot-Fol, 1930)
status

 

* Marianina rosea (Pruvot-Fol, 1930) View in CoL Figure 22C View Figure 22

Material examined.

One specimen 10 mm, CB.

Ecology.

Under rubble, among small hydroids, in coral reef habitats. Depth 5-8 m.

Distribution.

Across the Indo-Pacific including India ( Apte 2009), Australia ( Burn 1978), South Africa, Madagascar, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and New Caledonia ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Here representing a first record for Thai waters.

Remarks.

The single specimen observed from Koh Tao appears paler than is typical for the species, though such colour differences are not unheard of (see Fraser 2000). It is clearly recognised by its cerata and rhinophoral morphology, unique among the Tritoniidae .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Nudibranchia

Family

Tritoniidae

Genus

Marianina