Trapania sp. 10

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: ANADORIDOIDEA
Family: Goniodorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Known only from Sodwana Bay, South Africa

PHOTO

Locality: Sodwana Bay, South Africa, Indian Ocean, Aug 2006, intertidal rock pools. Length: 12 mm. Photographer: Colin Ogden.

Note added 12 March 2008: This species has been named Trapania melaina and relevant messages have been transferred to that Fact Sheet.

This is Gosliner's Trapania sp. 2 in his Nudibranchs of Southern Africa. A Guide to the Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa.  page 94.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2006 (September 5) Trapania sp. 10 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/trapsp10