Volvatella cf ventricosa Jensen & Wells, 1990
10mm

This 10mm Volvatella was found in Caulerpa algae on the lagoon side of Kwajalein at a depth of about 3m by Christina Sylvester. It appears to match the figure of Volvatella ventricosa in Gosliner et al (2018) but it is also not too different from a couple of other green Volvatella we have found in the Marshalls. They may all be variations of the same species.

Another specimen crawled out of an algae sample placed in a holding tank. This one appears to have a longer posterior siphon and could be something different.

Another 8mm specimen was found on 16 September 2016.

Not much of a posterior siphon. Is this really a Volvatella?

Created 2 March 2016
Updated 6 January 2022

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