Trapania goslineri
December 24, 2000
From: Michael D. Miller
Bill
Attached is a pic of the recently described Trapania goslineri on a red sponge for the Sea Slug Forum. I photographed it in Baja California.
Location: Punta Gringa, Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico
Depth: 20 ft.
Date: May 1997
Sponge ID: unknown
Reference: Millen, S.V. & Bertsch, H. (2000) Three new species of dorid nudibranchs from southern California, USA, and the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. The Veliger, 43(4): 354-366.
Cheers,
Mike Miller
mdmiller@cts.com
Miller, M.D., 2000 (Dec 24) Trapania goslineri. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3426Dear Mike,
Thanks for the photo. What are species of Trapania doing on sponges? One wish I have for the new year is that someone shows me conclusive evidence that they feed on sponges, or if not some evidence of what they do feed on. For that matter, the same hold true for species of Siphopteron and other gastropterids.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.
