Trapania inbiotica
| Trapania inbiotica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Trapania |
| Species: | T. inbiotica
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| Binomial name | |
| Trapania inbiotica Camacho-Garcia & Ortea, 2000[1]
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Trapania inbiotica is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from Cabo Blanco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica and from Islas Secas, Panamá.[1]
Description
[edit]The body of this goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white with red patches composed of small red dots partly coalesced into irregular shaped spots. The rhinophores and gills are white with a few smaller red spots. The oral tentacles, lateral papillae, gills, and tail have red spots at the base and yellow tips.[1][3]
Ecology
[edit]Like other species in this genus Trapania inbiotica probably feeds on Entoprocta, which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Camacho Y. & Ortea J. 2000. A new species of Trapania Pruvot-Fol, 1931 (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from the pacific coast of Central America. Revista de Biología Tropical, 48(2/3): 317-322
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania inbiotica. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-19
- ^ Hermosillo, A. & Valdés, Á. (2004) Two New Species of Dorid Nudibranchs (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from Bahía de Banderas and La Paz, Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 55(28): 550–560, 5 figs.