Trapania gibbera

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

Trapania gibbera
The nudibranch Trapania gibbera, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
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. gibbera
Binomial name
Trapania gibbera
Gosliner & Fahey, 2008[1]

Distribution

This species was first described from Nivani Island, Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. The original description also includes specimens from Bali and Okinawa.[1] A specimen from Lizard Island, Queensland is probably this species.[3]

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is opaque white in colour. The oral tentacles are translucent orange and the rhinophores and gills are edged with the same colour. There is a dark brown bar across the front of the head between the oral tentacles.[4]

Ecology

Trapania gibbera probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.

References
  1. Gosliner, T.M. & Fahey, S.H. (2008) Systematics of Trapania (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) with descriptions of 16 new species. Systematics and Biodiversity, 6 (1): 53-98
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania gibbera. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-16
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (October 1) Trapania cf. aurata [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.]
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2008 (March 10) Trapania gibbera Gosliner & Fahey, 2008. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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