Trapania? sp. 4

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: ANADORIDOIDEA
Family: Goniodorididae

PHOTO

in intertidal pool, probably damaged, Malta, July 2000. Photo: Constantine Mifsud.

See message below.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (July 8) Trapania? sp. 4 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/trapsp4

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Re: Trapania? from Malta

July 18, 2000
From: Constantine Mifsud

Thank you Bill and Lucas for your comments. I am posting another photo I captured from the video with the animal's everted genitalia.

regards,

Constantine

kejdon@orbit.net.mt

Mifsud, C., 2000 (Jul 18) Re: Trapania? from Malta. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2695

Thanks Constantine,
One thing is certain - it was a very sick animal when you photographed it!
Cheers,
Bill Rudman.

Re: Trapania? from Malta

July 11, 2000
From: Juan Lucas Cervera

Hi Bill,

I have never seen a European Trapania sp. like this one found by Constantine. According to the photos it seems to me different from T. graeffei (Bergh, 1880) (Italy-Adriatic Sea). Unfortunately, there are no more records of this species. Probably, it is an undescribed species.
More information about Mediterranean and Atlantic species of Trapania are supplied in:

J.L. CERVERA, J.C. GARCIA-GOMEZ and C. MEGINA. (2000) A new species of Trapania Pruvot-Fol, 1931 from the Bay of Cadiz, with remarks on other Trapania species (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae). Ophelia, 52(1): 17-24.

Cheers.

Lucas.

lucas.cervera@uca.es

Cervera, J.L., 2000 (Jul 11) Re: Trapania? from Malta. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2694

Thanks Lucas,
Bill Rudman.

Trapania? from Malta

July 9, 2000
From: Constantine Mifsud

Dear Bill,
I am attaching a few photos of an Opisthobranch which I found in a "hot" tidepool (it was 40 here) yesterday at Malta, central Mediterranean Sea. The animal was in a poor condition but I managed to get a short video shot under the microscope while it was still alive. It was 6mm when fully extended and has the characteristic dark red patch on its head.I could not see any cerata on the body and thought it might be a Trapania.

Is there anyone (especially from Europe)who has seen this species before? I cannot trace it from the literature, perhaps it is a juvenile specimen.I have included a close-up view of the head (bottom right).

Thanks,
Constantine

kejdon@orbit.net.mt

Mifsud, C., 2000 (Jul 9) Trapania? from Malta. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2677

Dear Constantine,
It certainly has the look of a Trapania. Any cerata-like appendages could easily have disintegrated if the animal was being slowly cooked.

Bill Rudman.