Marianina rosea from South Africa

June 25, 2000
From: Valda Fraser


Dear Bill
I wonder what this one is? Can you help? Thank you.
Locality: Park Rynie - 36m - south coast KwaZulu-Natal SOUTH AFRICA
Date: June 2000
Size: 10mm
Regards
Valda Fraser

iti04937@mweb.co.za

Fraser, V., 2000 (Jun 25) Marianina rosea from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2603

Dear Valda,
This is a pretty little dendronotoidean called Marianina rosea. Although your specimens are of similar size to the one in the photo at the top of the page, the shortened oral tentacles and cerata, suggest your animals are juveniles.

The cerata are in fact a pair of cerata with a common stalk. It is found throughout the tropical Indo West Pacific but has seldom been reported, probably because of its small size.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Jun 25). Comment on Marianina rosea from South Africa by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2603

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