Re: Trapania benni? from nthn Mariana Islands
April 9, 2008
From: Yuji Fujie
Dear Dr.Bill,
Here are two photos we thought were Trapania benni but, it looks like Trapania dalva, too.
Locality: LauLau Beach, 10 m, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific Ocean, 08 October 2006, under the dead coral. Length: 5 mm. Photographer: Hikoichiro Matsui.
Would you tell us your idea, please ?
Best regards,
Yuji
ds-with@isletwind.com
Yuji Fujie, 2008 (Apr 9) Re: Trapania benni? from nthn Mariana Islands. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21504Dear Yuji,
This is a colour form of the newly described Trapania euryeia. It seems the V-shaped white patch on the back of the body, just behind the rhinophores, is a pretty distinctive feature of the species.
Both the species you mention have some colour similarities but T. benni would appear to be a temperate species from sthn Australian waters and T. dalva is from the Caribbean.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
Related messages
-
Re: Trapania euryeia? from Amami Ooshima Islands, Japan.
From: Brian Mayes, March 2, 2009 -
Re: Trapania euryeia? from Amami Ooshima Islands, Japan.
From: Jun Imamoto, March 19, 2008 -
Trapania euryeia? from Amami Ooshima Islands, Japan.
From: Jun Imamoto, March 14, 2008 -
Mystery from Malaysian Borneo
From: Sean Kearney, January 4, 2007 -
Trapania cf. brunnea in southern Africa
From: Colin Ogden, July 27, 2006 -
Trapania cf. brunnea from Marshall Ids
From: Scott Johnson, June 23, 2000