Trapania melaina
| Trapania melaina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Trapania |
| Species: | T. melaina |
| Binomial name | |
| Trapania melaina Gosliner & Fahey, 2008[1] | |
Trapania melaina is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.
Distribution
This species was first described from Sodwana Bay, South Africa.[2]
Description
This goniodorid nudibranch is black in colour with a fine speckling of cream spots. The oral tentacles, lateral papillae, tail and rhinophores are tipped with orange and the gills are translucent with small yellow and black spots.[2]
Ecology
Trapania melaina probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
References
- ↑ Gosliner, T.M. & Fahey, S.H. (2008) Systematics of Trapania (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) with descriptions of 16 new species Systematics and Biodiversity, 6 (1): 53-98
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rudman, W.B., 2008 (March 10) Trapania melaina Gosliner & Fahey, 2008. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.