APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Trapania tartanella (Ihering, 1886) - A sea slug (Sea slug images)
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Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- dorsal view 1
Trapania tartanella
- dorsal view 1
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- dorsal view 2
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- lateral view 1
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- ventral view 1
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- rhinophores, oral tentacles mouth and gills 1
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- gills 1
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- ventral view anterior 1
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- crawling across a tunicate 1
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- crawling across a tunicate 2
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- sampling method / washing fouling through sieve 1
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- sampling method / washing fouling through sieve 2
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- habitat / location 1
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- habitat / location 2
Specimen above was found in a sample of fouling taken from the side of a pontoon at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn Harbour, Newlyn, Cornwall. 07.10.20.
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- juvenile sea slug 1
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- juvenile sea slug 2
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- juvenile sea slug in-situ 1
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- with 0.1mm division rule 1
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- rhinophore under microscope 1
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- radula under microscope 1
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- gizzard teeth / microscope 1
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- habitat / location 1
Sea slug
Trapania tartanella
- habitat / location 2
A single juvenile specimens was found on washing subtidal Fucus serratus, Saw Wrack, a brown seaweed, at Ashtorre Rock, Saltash, Cornwall, 13.09.22. This species was likely feeding on the Goblet worm / entoproct Pedicellina nutans which was plentiful as an epibiont (occuring on stems and fronds) of Fucus serratus.
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.