Trapania darvelli? from the Solomons

February 17, 2002
From: Bruce Potter

Dear Bill,
I found this very small nudibranch a few weeks ago [January 2002], and have not been able to identify it. It was only about 10mm long. It moved around quite actively. It was at about 8 meters, on a coral and rubble site on the outskirts of Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Regards
Bruce Potter.

bruce.potter@adventist.org.sb

Potter, B., 2002 (Feb 17) Trapania darvelli? from the Solomons. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6229

Dear Bruce,
I think this could possibly be Trapania darvelli. I can't see the paired dorsal processes alongside the gills and rhinophores so I could be quite wrong but that would be my first guess. If it is that species it wpould be the first record outside Hong Kong
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Feb 17). Comment on Trapania darvelli? from the Solomons by Bruce Potter. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6229

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