Marionia rubra Red Marionia

Marionia rubra is commonly referred to as Red Marionia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Alan Sutton, Tansania

PN0A9949_Marionia rubra Tanzania 2025

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AphiaID:: 599556

Scientific:: Marionia rubra
German:: Rote Baumschnecke
English:: Red Marionia

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Tritoniidae (Family) > Marionia (Genus) > rubra (Species)
Initial determination:: (Rüppell & Leuckart, ), 1828

Occurrence:: Indonesia, Israel, Lembeh Strait, Marschall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Red Sea, Tansania
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 2 - 18 Meter
Habitats:: On living corals, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 3.94" - 7.87" (10cm - 20cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Food specialist
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Marionia arborescens
Marionia bathycarolinensis
Marionia blainvillea
Baumschnecke
Marionia cabindae
Marionia cucullata
Marionia dakini
Marionia distincta
Baumschnecke
Marionia echinomuriceae
Marionia elongoreticulata
Marionia elongoviridis
Marionia ghanensis
Marionia hawaiiensis
Marionia kinoi
Marionia levis
Marionia limceana
Marionia olivacea
Olivgrüne-Baumschnecke
Marionia platyctenea
Marionia pusa
Marionia pustulosa
Baumschnecke
Marionia semperi
Marionia tedi
Marionia vanira
Marionia viridescens

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-05-27 19:47:59
Last edit:: 2025-10-17 12:45:43

Info

Marionia rubra (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)

Marionia rubra is 18 cm in lenght.There are some colour variations.This nudibranch is perfect camouflaged with many bushy gills down each side of the body.This species feeds exclusively on soft-corals.Marionia rubra lives to depths of 20 m.

Feeds on the soft coral Lemnalia sp.

Synonymised names
Marioniopsis rubra (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) · unaccepted
Tritonia rubra Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
slugsite.us (en). Abgerufen am 17.10.2025.
vimeo - Video (en). Abgerufen am 22.01.2024.

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PN0A9796_Marionia rubra, 15 to 18 cm long , Tanzania 2022

PN0A9801_Marionia rubra_15 to 18 cm long , Tanzania 2022

PN0A9797_Marionia rubra_15 to 18 cm long , Tanzania 2022

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