Trapania aureopunctata
| Trapania aureopunctata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Trapania |
| Species: | T. aureopunctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Trapania aureopunctata Rudman, 1987[1] | |
Trapania aureopunctata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.
Distribution
This species was described from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It has also been reported from Tasmania and Victoria.[2]
Description
The body of this goniodorid nudibranch is opaque white. There are very fine orange spots and a few larger orange spots on the body and lateral papillae.[2]
Ecology
Trapania aureopunctata probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
References
- ↑ Rudman, W.B. (1987). The genus Trapania (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 53: 189-212
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rudman, W.B., 2004 (January 27) Trapania aureopunctata Rudman, 1987. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.