Trapania dalva from St. Vincent
December 13, 2005
From: Les Wilk
Hi Bill;
Here are a few more photos of Trapania dalva for your archive. We encountered many of them on yellow sponges during a night dive.
Locality: west coast, St. Vincent, Caribbean. Depth: 20 feet. Length: 0.25-0.50 inch. July 2005. on yellow sponge. Photographer: Keri Wilk
Les Wilk
wilk@reefnet.ca
Wilk, L., 2005 (Dec 13) Trapania dalva from St. Vincent. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15450
Dear Les,
It's nice to get another record of this small dorid. Species of Trapania are usually found on sponges, but we now know that their food is not the sponges, but small colonial animals called entoprocts which live in association with the sponges. I suspect the small translucent greyish objects in the front of the photo alongside are the small stalked entoprocts this animal eats.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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