Trapania tartanella

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

Trapania tartanella
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. tartanella
Binomial name
Trapania tartanella
(Ihering, 1886)[1]

Distribution

This species was first described from the Mediterranean. It is found on the Atlantic coast from Portugal to Pembrokeshire in South Wales.[3]

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour, with yellow-orange markings. The rhinophores, gills and processes are tipped with yellow pigment which becomes orange at the extremities. It is very similar in colour to Trapania hispalensis except that in that species the yellow markings are uniform in colour.[3]

Ecology

Trapania tartanella feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges.[4]

References
  1. von Ihering, H. (1886). Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Nudibranchien des Mittelmeeres, 2. 4, Die Polyceraden. Malakozool. Blatt. NF. 8: 12-48
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Trapania tartanella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (February 10) Trapania tartanella (Ihering, 1886). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2016). Trapania tartanella (Ihering, 1886). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-08-02
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