UNKNOWN OKINAWAN
OPISTHOBRANCH
Marionia sp. 1 (90mm)
Unknown Okinawan Opisthobranch Data
Taxonomy:
- Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
- Suborder: Dendronotina
- Family: Tritoniidae
Frequency on Okinawa:
Collection Data:
- Individual Collection No: RFB #3018
- Location: Seragaki (26o 30.4'N, 127o 52.6'E)
- Date: 24 June, 1992 [only 1 indiv.]
- Depth: 5ft (1.5m) [only 1 indiv.]
- Size: TL 90mm [only 1 indiv.]
- Water temperature at collection depth: Unrecorded
- Specimen deposited: California Academy of Sciences
[brackets indicate range for all Okinawa-collected specimens of the species]
Species Account:
Marionia sp. 1 is considered to be very rare on Okinawa as I have seen and collected only a single individual over a period of more than twenty years of diving here. The animal was found crawling in an area heavily populated with miscellaneous Acropora corals and silty sand. The animal was found approximately 12m from shore.
Page Date: 11 Nov '96
Page Modification Date: 28 Oct '02
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Copyright © 2002 Robert F. Bolland
