Trapania goslineri

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Trapania goslineri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Trapania
Species:
T. goslineri
Binomial name
Trapania goslineri
Millen & Bertsch, 2000 [1]

Trapania goslineri 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 first described from Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico.

Description

The length of the body attains 8 mm. This goniodorid nudibranch is white in colour, with oval black spots and a median black stripe on the body. The tips of the rhinophores, gills, lateral papillae, oral tentacles and tail are golden orange. Trapania darwini has a similar pattern of colour except that the brown patches have white spots within them. [3]

Ecology

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

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References

  1. Millen, S. V. & Bertsch, H. (2000). Three new species of dorid nudibranchs from southern California, USA, and the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. The Veliger, 43(4): 354-366.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania goslineri. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-19
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (December 22) Trapania goslineri Millen & Bertsch, 2000. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.