Trapania graeffei
Trapania graeffei is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
| Trapania graeffei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Trapania |
| Species: | T. graeffei |
| Binomial name | |
| Trapania graeffei | |
| Synonyms | |
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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
- 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.
- Gofas, S. (2015). Trapania graeffei. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-19
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