Trapania circinata
Appearance
Trapania circinata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Goniodorididae |
Genus: | Trapania |
Species: | T. circinata
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Binomial name | |
Trapania circinata |
Trapania circinata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species was first described on the Marshall Islands.[3]
Description
[edit]This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour. The oral tentacles and rhinophores are black and the lateral papillae and gills are translucent with black spots.[3]
Ecology
[edit]Trapania circinata probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania circinata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-17
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2008 (March 13) Trapania circinata Gosliner & Fahey, 2008. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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