Lembeh — 14 September 2025
- Location seen
- Lembeh, Indonesia
- Date seen
- 2025-09-14
Trapania vitta
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About this species
- Current scientific name
- Trapania vitta
- Order
- Nudibranchia - Doridoidea (Dorids)
- Type
- Phanerobranchia (Phanerobranch dorids)
- ID confidence
- Confirmed
- Genus
- Trapania
- Species
- vitta
- Average size
- 12 mm
- Colours
- white, orange
- Body shape
- Elongate
- Rhinophores
- Horizontal
- Gills
- External gill plume
- Similar species
- Trapania aurata, Trapania gibbera
Geographic Distribution
Western Pacific.
Identification
Pure white body with bright orange on gills, rhinophores and oral tentacles. Non-retractile gill consisting of three bipinnate branches and non-retractile, perfoliate rhinophores with 6–7 lamellae.
Our Sighting
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