Marionia bathycarolinensis
Species of gastropod
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Marionia bathycarolinensis is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.[2]
| Marionia bathycarolinensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Tritoniacea |
| Family: | Tritoniidae |
| Genus: | Marionia |
| Species: | M. bathycarolinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Marionia bathycarolinensis | |
Distribution
This species was described from two specimens collected in deep water (191–223 m) by a submarine at Mutremdiu 3, Palau, Caroline Islands, 07°16′27″N 134°34′37″E.[1]
Ecology
Analysis of the stomach contents suggests that this species feeds on a species of the octocoral Paracis Kükenthal, 1919, Family Plexauridae Gray, 1859.[1]