Trapania vitta

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

Trapania vitta
Trapania vitta
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. vitta
Binomial name
Trapania vitta
Gosliner & Fahey, 2008[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Bali, Indonesia with additional material from Luzon, Philippines. It has also been reported from Queensland, East Timor and Vanuatu.[3]

Description

The body of this goniodorid nudibranch is opaque white. The gills and rhinophores are white with orange tips and the lateral papillae are entirely white. The oral tentacles are orange and there is usually an orange line extending from the tip of the tail partway towards the gills. The coloration is similar to Trapania aurata except that in that species the lateral papillae are tipped with orange. Trapania gibbera is another species which is mainly white.[3]

Ecology

Trapania vitta 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 vitta. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2008 (March 10) Trapania vitta Gosliner & Fahey, 2008. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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