Trapania pallida from French Mediteranean
April 16, 2010
From: Dominique Horst
Concerning message #3768:
Hi Bill,
I've identified this as Trapania pallida. It is the first time I have seen it. It apparently feeds on Cnidarian (Leptogorgia sarmentosa).
Except a friend of mine in mid January I've never read or see anything about this species in Mediterranean...
Locality: Cagnes, 40 m, France, Mediterranean sea, 30 January 2010, muddy. Length: 5 mm. Photographer: Dominique Horst.
Kind regards,
Dominique
dominique.horst@wanadoo.fr
Horst, D., 2010 (Apr 16) Trapania pallida from French Mediteranean. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23180Dear Dom,
This certainly looks like T. pallida to me and I can't find any record of it from the Mediterranean so you may have documented an interesting range extension.
Concerning its food. Bernard Picton's message [#3767] was one of the first that clealry showed that species of Trapania feed on entoprocts [Kamptozoa]. Negatives are hard to prove, but I would be surprised if T. pallida fed on a cnidarian - it is certainly not a normal food of any dorid species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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