Marionia blainvillea

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Marionia blainvillea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Tritoniidae
Genus: Marionia
Species:
M. blainvillea
Binomial name
Marionia blainvillea
(Risso, 1818) [1]
Synonyms
  • Tritonia meyeri(Vérany, 1852)
  • Tritonia acuminataCosta, 1840

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

Distribution

This species was described from the Mediterranean Sea. [1] It is reported from the Atlantic Ocean as far north as the Bay of Biscay. [3] [4]

Juveniles of the species are white, as shown below.

Photo of a juvenile. Marionia blainvillea juvenile (Risso, 1818).jpg
Photo of a juvenile.
Photo of a juvenile. Marionia blainvillea juvenile (Risso, 1818) .jpg
Photo of a juvenile.

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References

  1. 1 2 (in French) Risso A. (1818). "Memoire sur quelques Gasteropodes nouveaux, Nudibranches et Tectibranches observes dans la Mer de Nice". Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts87: 368-377. Marionia blainvillea is on the page 371.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818). Accessed on 2021-01-15
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (October 1) Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2021) Marionia blainvillea in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 16/05/2012. Accessed: 15/01/2021.