Re: Trivia californica, Channel Islands, California

June 15, 2006
From: Bruce Wight

Concerning message #16779:

The reason this photo looks a little different is because it is of a different species, this is not Trivia californica it is Trivia solandri. This species can be identified by the large usually white lobes along the manlt line. It is also larger califonica is usually less than 1/2 inch overall where as solandri is usually between 1/2" to 1". See attached for two images I shot in southern California of T. solandri.

Thanks
Bruce Wight

bruce.c.wight@boeing.com

Wight, B., 2006 (Jun 15) Re: Trivia californica, Channel Islands, California. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16868

Hi Bruce,
Yes, you are absolutely right.  The critter is Trivia solandri.  This was also pointed out to me by John Moore.   I did not even comment on the identification as it did not seem relevent to Mike's question, nor to the subject matter of the forum.  That said - it is important to keep the facts and species names accurate on the WWW.

Beautiful photos.
Dave Behrens

Behrens, D.W., 2006 (Jun 15). Comment on Re: Trivia californica, Channel Islands, California by Bruce Wight. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16868

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