Trapania aureopunctata

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Trapania aureopunctata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
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 . [2]

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Distribution

This species was described from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It has also been reported from Tasmania and Victoria. [3]

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. [3]

Ecology

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

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References

  1. Rudman, W.B. (1987). The genus Trapania (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 53: 189-212
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania aureopunctata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-16
  3. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2004 (January 27) Trapania aureopunctata Rudman, 1987. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.