Trapania inbiotica

Trapania inbiotica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Trapania
Species: T. inbiotica
Binomial name
Trapania inbiotica
Camacho-Garcia & Ortea, 2000[1]

Trapania inbiotica is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

Distribution

This species was described from Cabo Blanco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica and from Islas Secas, Panamá.[1]

Description

The body of this goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white with red patches composed of small red dots partly coalesced into irregular shaped spots. The rhinophores and gills are white with a few smaller red spots. The oral tentacles, lateral papillae, gills, and tail have red spots at the base and yellow tips.[1]

Ecology

Like other species in this genus Trapania inbiotica probably feeds on Entoprocta, which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.

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