Marionia bathycarolinensis explained

Marionia bathycarolinensis is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.[1]

Distribution

This species was described from two specimens collected in deep water (191–223 m) by a submarine at Mutremdiu 3, Palau, Caroline Islands, .

Ecology

Analysis of the stomach contents suggests that this species feeds on a species of the octocoral Paracis Kükenthal, 1919, Family Plexauridae Gray, 1859.

Notes and References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Marionia bathycarolinensis V. G. Smith & Gosliner, 2005. Accessed on 2021-01-09.