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Marianina rosea Rosy Marianina

Marianina rosea is commonly referred to as Rosy Marianina. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Marianina rosea ,Semporna Malaysia - June 2025


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lexID:
10442 
AphiaID:
534001 
Scientific:
Marianina rosea 
German:
Rosenrote-Bäumchenschnecke 
English:
Rosy Marianina 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Tritoniidae (Family) > Marianina (Genus) > rosea (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Pruvot-Fol, ), 1930 
Occurrence:
Australia, Indo Pacific, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South-Africa, Taiwan 
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:
0 - 25 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Reef combs, Reef ridges, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,4cm - 1,5cm) 
Temperature:
15,3 °F - 27,2 °F (15,3°C - 27,2°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps, Zoanthids 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-12-11 18:18:09 

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Marianina rosea (Pruvot-Fol, 1930)

This small seaslug ( seldom more than 1 cm in length.) can be found under dead coralr on reef flats. A purple body with a row of bifid white cerata down each side of the mantle are characteristic of the species.

Marianina rosea feeds exclusively on hydrozoon polyps.

Synonymised names
Mariana rosea Pruvot-Fol, 1930 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

  1. Invertebrate of Coral Sea. Abgerufen am 11.12.2025.
  2. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 11.12.2025.
  4. Seaslugs of Hawaii (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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