Trapania aureopunctata

Trapania aureopunctata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Onchidoridoidea
Family:	Goniodorididae
Genus:	Trapania
Species:	T. aureopunctata
Binomial name
	Trapania aureopunctata; Rudman, 1987

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

Distribution

This species was described from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It has also been reported from Tasmania and Victoria.^[3]

Description

The body of this goniodorid nudibranch is opaque white. There are very fine orange spots and a few larger orange spots on the body and lateral papillae.^[3]

Ecology

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

References

^ Rudman, W.B. (1987). The genus Trapania (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 53: 189-212
^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania aureopunctata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-16
^ ^a ^b Rudman, W.B., 2004 (January 27) Trapania aureopunctata Rudman, 1987. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

Burn R. (2006) A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports 10:1–42

[1] Rudman, W.B. (1987). The genus Trapania (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 53: 189-212

[2] Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania aureopunctata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-16

[ssf-3] Rudman, W.B., 2004 (January 27) Trapania aureopunctata Rudman, 1987. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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