Trapania cf. brunnea in southern Africa

July 27, 2006
From: Colin Ogden

Note added 12 March 2008: This is most probably a species recently named Trapania euryeia. 

Concerning message #16316:

Hi Bill,
I attach a photo of what I think is Trapania brunnea found here on one of our reefs. The message from Gary Cobb shows a photo that seems slightly different, therefore the 'cf'. Is my ID correct? I had never seen this before, but have subsequently found another one.

Locality: Sodwana Bay, 12 metres, South Africa, Indian, June 2006, reef. Length: 15mm. Photographer: Colin Ogden.

Thanks for your help
Colin

scubaco@iafrica.com

Ogden C. M., 2006 (Jul 27) Trapania cf. brunnea in southern Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17201

Dear Colin,

Your animal looks more like Scott Johnson's animals from the Marshall Ids [message #2612] with a white V-shaped mark behind the rhinophores. At this stage I am putting all those animals which have a colour pattern similar to T. brunnea on a Trapania cf. brunnea page, but until we look at their anatomy we won't know whether they are T. brunnea or one, or even two, unnamed species.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Jul 27). Comment on Trapania cf. brunnea in southern Africa by Colin Ogden. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17201

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