Biology:Trapania inbiotica

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Trapania inbiotica
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
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

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

Description

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

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q14500362 entry