Trapania graeffei

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

Trapania graeffei
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. graeffei
Binomial name
Trapania graeffei
(Bergh, 1881)[1]
Synonyms

Drepania graeffei, Bergh, 1881

Distribution

This species was described from Tergeste, Italy.[1] It does not seem to have been seen since 1879.

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white with a rose-red tint and a scattering of brown spots all over the body. The rhinophores and gills are rose-red. "Color pellucide et clare rosaceus, supra punctis et maculis minutis fuscis ubique sparsis; appendices rhinophoriales et branchiales rosaceae."[1]

Ecology

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

References
  1. Bergh, L. S. R. 1881. Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Polyceraden, II. Verhandlungen der königlichkaiserlich Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (Abhandlungen) 30:629-668, pls. X-XV.
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Trapania graeffei. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-19
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