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Trapania inbiotica

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Trapania inbiotica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Trapania
Species:
T. inbiotica
Binomial name
Trapania inbiotica
Camacho-Garcia & Ortea, 2000[1]

Trapania inbiotica is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from Cabo Blanco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica and from Islas Secas, Panamá.[1]

Description

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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

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Like other species in this genus Trapania inbiotica probably feeds on Entoprocta, which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania inbiotica. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-19
  3. ^ 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.