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Trapania bonellenae

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Trapania bonellenae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Trapania
Species:
T. bonellenae
Binomial name
Trapania bonellenae
Valdés, 2009[1]

Trapania bonellenae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

Distribution

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This species was described from Bonaire.[1]

Description

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The body of this goniodorid nudibranch is black with a tracery of fine interlinked white lines. The gills, rhinophores, lateral papillae and oral tentacles are translucent with black and white spots. There are white bands across the body between the rhinophores and in front of the gills.

Ecology

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Trapania bonellenae feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Valdés Á. (2009) A new species of Trapania Pruvot-Fol, 1931 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia) from the Caribbean Sea with an analysis of its phylogenetic relationships. Caribbean Journal of Science 45(1)1: 8-14., available online at http://caribjsci.org/Oct09/45_8-14.pdf
  2. ^ Trapania bonellenae, Ellen Muller