Marionia rubra from the Red Sea

May 19, 2005
From: Oren Lederman

Hi Bill,

Just another big Marioniopsis my dive buddy found during a night dive last weekend.

Locality: The "Dekel" beach (night dive), Eilat, Israel. Red Sea. Depth: ~18 meters. Length: ~10 cm. 12 May 2005. Photographer: Oren Lederman

Oren Lederman

lederman@bigmail.co.il

Lederman, O., 2005 (May 19) Marionia rubra from the Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13793

Dear Oren,
Thanks for this. It's always good to get another piece to fit in the puzzle. The animal in this photo could have been the one used in the painting of Tritonia rubra in Ruppell & Leuckart (1831), so I have no doubts in identifying it as Marionia rubra. One feature characterising this species are the many bushy gills down each side of the body
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (May 19). Comment on Marionia rubra from the Red Sea by Oren Lederman. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13793

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