Trapania goslineri
| Trapania goslineri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Trapania |
| Species: | T. goslineri |
| Binomial name | |
| Trapania goslineri Millen & Bertsch, 2000[1] | |
Trapania goslineri is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.
Distribution
This species was first described from Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico.
Description
This goniodorid nudibranch is white in colour, with oval black spots and a median black stripe on the body. The tips of the rhinophores, gills, lateral papillae, oral tentacles and tail are golden orange. Trapania darwini has a similar pattern of colour except that the brown patches have white spots within them.[2]
Ecology
Trapania goslineri probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
References
- ↑ Millen, S. V. & Bertsch, H. (2000). Three new species of dorid nudibranchs from southern California, USA, and the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. The Veliger, 43(4): 354-366.
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (December 22) Trapania goslineri Millen & Bertsch, 2000. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.