Marionia sp.

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DENDRONOTINA
Family: Tritoniidae

DISTRIBUTION

Known only from eastern Australia.

PHOTO

On the soft-coral Telesto sp., Angourie, North Coast, New South Wales, November 1987. PHOTO: Bill Rudman.

RELATED TOPIC

Defensive colouration in sea slugs

This species is always found associated with this alcyonarian soft-coral, tentatively identified as a species of Telesto. The orange body of the nudibranch with its white gills, is a good match to the colour of its food.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1998 (October 14) Marionia sp. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/marioran