Trapania cirrita | |
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The nudibranch Trapania cirrita, Mossel Bay, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Goniodorididae |
Genus: | Trapania |
Species: | T. cirrita |
Binomial name | |
Trapania cirrita Gosliner & Fahey, 2008 [1] | |
Trapania cirrita is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae . [2]
This species was first described from South Africa.
This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent brown in colour, with an irregular network of short white lines on the body. [3]
Trapania cirrita probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
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