Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln
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Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818)
Marionia blainvillea is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.
Juveniles of the species are white, as shown below.
Adults range in colour from a pale translucent orange to a deeper reddish brown witrh irregular patches of white. The back is covered in low bumps, each outlined with a darker line which forms a network over the body, Grows to approx 50mm long
Reported to feed on following octocorals: Alcyonium acaule, Alcyonium palmatum, Eunicella cavolinii, Eunicella singularis, Eunicella sp., Leptogorgia sarmentosa, Paramuricea clavata .
Synonyms:
Marionia affinis Bergh, 1883 (synonym)
Marionia berghi Vayssière, 1879 (synonym)
Marionia tethydea [sic] (misspelling of thethydea (Delle Chiaje, 1841))
Tritonia acuminata Costa A., 1840 (synonym)
Tritonia blainvillea Risso, 1818
Tritonia costae Vérany, 1846 (synonym)
Tritonia decaphylla Cantraine, 1835 (synonym)
Tritonia meyeri Vérany, 1862 (synonym)
Tritonia quadrilatera Schultz in Philippi, 1844 (synonym)
Tritonia thethydea Delle Chiaje, 1841 (synonym)
Marionia blainvillea is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.
Juveniles of the species are white, as shown below.
Adults range in colour from a pale translucent orange to a deeper reddish brown witrh irregular patches of white. The back is covered in low bumps, each outlined with a darker line which forms a network over the body, Grows to approx 50mm long
Reported to feed on following octocorals: Alcyonium acaule, Alcyonium palmatum, Eunicella cavolinii, Eunicella singularis, Eunicella sp., Leptogorgia sarmentosa, Paramuricea clavata .
Synonyms:
Marionia affinis Bergh, 1883 (synonym)
Marionia berghi Vayssière, 1879 (synonym)
Marionia tethydea [sic] (misspelling of thethydea (Delle Chiaje, 1841))
Tritonia acuminata Costa A., 1840 (synonym)
Tritonia blainvillea Risso, 1818
Tritonia costae Vérany, 1846 (synonym)
Tritonia decaphylla Cantraine, 1835 (synonym)
Tritonia meyeri Vérany, 1862 (synonym)
Tritonia quadrilatera Schultz in Philippi, 1844 (synonym)
Tritonia thethydea Delle Chiaje, 1841 (synonym)
