Trapania tartanella from Portugal
August 21, 2003
From: Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Dear Bill,
This was a lucky find. Inside a very small hole in the rock at about 6m depth I saw this very small nudibranch (it was less than 0.5cm long). In fact what I saw were two small yellow dots. I had to photograph it on the tip of my finger because my camera didn't fit the hole. I have no idea on what this may be.
It was shot in Baleal, Portugal.
All the best,
Joao Pedro
jpsilva@uwphotographer.net
Silva, J.P., 2003 (Aug 21) Trapania tartanella from Portugal. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10783Dear Joao Pedro,
This is Trapania tartanella. It seems to be a species we don't know a lot about, but as Bernard Picton illustrated in an earlier message, it feeds on minute animals called entoprocts.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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