Trapania canaria

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

Trapania canaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Goniodorididae
Genus:
Trapania
Species:
T. canaria
Binomial name
Trapania canaria
Ortea & Moro, 2009[1]

Distribution

This species was first described from Taliarte, Telde, Gran Canaria.

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour, mostly covered by small spots of chestnut brown surface pigment. These spots coalesce into darker patches at the sides of the back, behind the rhinophores and in two patches on each side, behind the gills. There are opaque white spots on the head, sides of the body, lateral papillae, oral tentacles and rhinophores.[1]

Ecology

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

References
  1. Ortea J., Moro L., Bacallado J.J., Sanchez J.J., Telle A. & Herrero R. (2009) Nuevas aportaciones al inventario de las babosas marinas del archipiélago canario (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia y Sacoglossa). Vieraea 37: 105-117.
  2. Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania canaria. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-17
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