5 photos - 2 species
Trapania sp.
No english designation
Maximum length: Not known, this one was about 5 mm long
Maximum depth: Not known, I found this one at a depth of 12 m.
Soft, elongated body, two pairs of curved dorsal lateral processes,
no pronounced mantle edge, non-retractable gills and rhinophores without pockets.
Feed on goblet worms, which grow to about 0.5 - 5 mm in length.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Trapania vitta ( Gosliner & Fahey, 2008 )
Band trapania
Maximum length: 3 - 5 mm
Maximum depth: 14 m
The Latin word Vitta means band and refers to the reddish-brown to orange colored
reddish-brown to orange colored bands on the lamellar leaves and the rhonophores.
Trapania vitta is a very small nudibranch, only a few mm in size.
Body: White, gills and rhinophores also white, but with orange tips,
as well as the oral tentacles.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi