Trapania armilla

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Trapania armilla
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Trapania
Species:
T. armilla
Binomial name
Trapania armilla
Gosliner & Fahey, 2008 [1]

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

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Distribution

This species was first described from Bali, Indonesia. [2]

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is opaque white in colour, with a thin brown ring halfway along the oral tentacles. The gills are unusually large for a Trapania and the body is covered with raised irregular bumps.

Ecology

Trapania armilla probably feeds on Entoprocta, which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.

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References

  1. 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. Rudman, W.B., 2008 (March 10) Trapania armilla Gosliner & Fahey, 2008. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.