This Trapania is probably something new, but it slightly resembles and should be compared with Trapania reticulata from the Great Barrier Reef. The T. reticulata figured in Gosliner et al (2018) is more yellow brown rather than white and appears to have different coloration on its anterior tentacles. The Kwajalein specimen was found on black sponge at night at a depth of 12m on the seaward reef at Kwajalein Atoll by Jay Lord, who along with Stan Jazwinski provided the photographs. The single animal measured about 10mm.
Created 2 February 2016