Trapania armilla is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.
Trapania armilla | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Goniodorididae |
Genus: | Trapania |
Species: | T. armilla
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Binomial name | |
Trapania armilla |
Distribution
editDescription
editThis goniodorid nudibranch is opaque white in colour, with a thin brown ring halfway along the oral tentacles. The gills are unusually large for a Trapania and the body is covered with raised irregular bumps.
Ecology
editTrapania armilla probably feeds on Entoprocta, which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2008 (March 10) Trapania armilla Gosliner & Fahey, 2008. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.