This species has been observed on Mayotte Island

Order : Nudibranchia Suborder : Dexiarchia Superfamily : Tritonioidea Family : Tritiniidae Distribution : Indo West Pacific Maximal size : 120 mm Abundance : Species characteristics : The body is light green or brown The dorsum is pustulose but soft. There tended to be a concentration of white pigment around the edges of some of the rounded pustules The oral veil was almost semicircular, slightly indented medially, with a series of five or six digitatíons on each side, some of which bifurcated approximately half way along, others at the tips, creating a very irregular structure. The gills (about 8-10 bushy gills on each side), approximately equal in size, were very well developed.
	Showing species characteristics...	Photo Philibert Bidgrain Mayotte, Le Rocher, Petite Terre, less 1 m, 16 April 2014, size : 60 mm

See more about : Sightening and mating periods

Remarks :

Identification proposed by Hsini Lin "The plumose and similar size gills, the oral veil with dividing digitations remind me somehow of M. rubra. I wonder if it could be a color variant or something relative... Just a thought."
    If you considered that for Marionia rubra " The body is deep red to pale pink or orange ad that for some specialist it could be also light green or brown " It could be specimens of Marionia rubra

External morphology :

The rhinophores were set almost on the edges of the head, pointing laterally. The sheath was tubular, high and its edges crenulated
    The rhinophore stalk was thick, constricted at the distal end. The club was composed of a digitiform tentacle surrounded by a series of pinnate processes.
    The gills (about 8-10 bushy gills on each side) , approximately equal in size, were very well developed. The thick trunk was faintly tuberculate.
    Feeds on soft corals

References :

Nudipixel : Marionia rubra
   Philippine Sea Slug : Marionia rubra

Publications :

Rüppell, E, & Leuckart, F.S. (1828-1831). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. Neue wirbellose Thiere des rothen Meers . 15-47, Pl. 1-12
   Yonow, N. (2000). Red sea Opistobranch 4: The orders Cephalapsidea, Anaspidea, Notaspidea and Nudibranchia: Dentronotacea and Aelidacea. Fauna of arabia 18; 87-131

Other photos of Marionia cf rubra :

Philibert Bidgrain Mayotte, Le Rocher, Petite Terre, less 1 m, 16 April 2014, size : 60 mm 3 of the 5 specimens observed on the same area with differents coloration pattern (green and red-brown)

Norbert Verneau Mayotte, Le rocher, Petite Terre, less 1 m, 10 January 2014, size : 100 mm Several specimens with mating behavior observed.

Matthias Deuss Mayotte, Le Rocher, Petite Terre, less 1 m, 29 January 2012, size : 100 mm   With its probably spawn

	With gills helded
With gills retracted

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