Biology:Trapania luquei
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Trapania luquei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Trapania |
| Species: | T. luquei
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| Binomial name | |
| Trapania luquei Ortea, 1989[1]
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Trapania luquei is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
Description
The length of the body attains 12 mm.[3] Its dorsum and tail are white, peppered with small, intense yellow spots in an irregular pattern, while the flanks are dark or nearly black with small unpigmented areas.[4]
Distribution
This species was first described from the Cape Verde Islands.
Ecology
Trapania luquei probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
References
- ↑ Ortea J. (1989). Descripción de algunos Moluscos Opistobranquios nuevos recolectados en el Archipiélago de Cabo Verde. Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 13: 17-34 page(s): 21-22
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2015). Trapania luquei. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-19
- ↑ Ortea, J. (1989). "Descripción de algunos Moluscos Opistobranquios nuevos recolectados en el Archipiélago de Cabo Verde". Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 13: 17–34.
- ↑ Edmunds, M. (2009). "Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Goniodorididae". Journal of Conchology 40 (1): 37–54.
Wikidata ☰ Q14500364 entry
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