Trapania squama Gosliner & Fahey, 2008

Trapania squama is known in the Marshalls from five specimens found at Enewetak Atoll and one more at Kwajalein. All were on lagoon reefs and pinnacles under rocks at depths of 5 to 12 meters, often apparently feeding on bryozoans. Sizes ranged from 5 to 9mm. The Kwajalein specimen shown in the top three photos below was found under a rock at a deth of 6m on 27 December 2008.

Here the Kwajalein specimen is crawling away from the bryozoan upon which it was feeding.

Below is one of the Enewetak Atoll specimens.

Created 3 January 2007
Updated 5 January 2009