Trapania tartanella from Portugal

August 21, 2003
From: Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva

Dear Bill,
This was a lucky find. Inside a very small hole in the rock at about 6m depth I saw this very small nudibranch (it was less than 0.5cm long). In fact what I saw were two small yellow dots. I had to photograph it on the tip of my finger because my camera didn't fit the hole. I have no idea on what this may be.
It was shot in Baleal, Portugal.
All the best,

Joao Pedro

jpsilva@uwphotographer.net

Silva, J.P., 2003 (Aug 21) Trapania tartanella from Portugal. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10783

Dear Joao Pedro,
This is Trapania tartanella. It seems to be a species we don't know a lot about, but as Bernard Picton illustrated in an earlier message, it feeds on minute animals called entoprocts.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Aug 21). Comment on Trapania tartanella from Portugal by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10783

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