Trapania scurra

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

Trapania scurra 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 Luzon Island, Philippines. It has also been reported from Malaysia, Indonesia, the Marshall Islands and Japan. [3]

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is pale purple, with a pattern of white patches with thin lines of purple between them on the body. The gills and rhinophores are purple and the large lateral papillae are white with brown bands. The oral tentacles and adjacent part of the head are blue. [3] The single animal known from the Marshall Islands has larger white patches and orange lateral papillae. [4]

Ecology

Trapania scurra feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata. [3]

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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. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania scurra. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-18
  3. 1 2 3 Rudman, W.B., 2008 (March 10) Trapania scurra Gosliner & Fahey, 2008. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ Johnson, S. & Johnson, J., 2015. Trapania scurra Gosliner & Fahey, 2008 Kwajalein Underwater

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