Trapania bajamarensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
| Trapania bajamarensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Trapania |
| Species: | T. bajamarensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Trapania bajamarensis Moro & Ortea, 2015[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from the intertidal region at Bajamar, La Laguna Tenerife with additional specimens from Tenerife and Lanzarote.[1] It was previously reported as Trapania luquei, a species from the Cape Verde Islands.[3]
Description
editThis goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white with an irregular pattern of pale brown forming patches on the body. There are yellow spots on the head, the body, the tail and on the rhinophores and gills. There is white opaque pigment on the head and tail and on the appendages.[1]
Ecology
editTrapania bajamarensis probably feeds on Entoprocta, which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
References
edit- ^ a b c Moro, L. & Ortea, J.A., (2015). Nuevos taxones de babosas marinas de las islas Canarias y de Cabo Verde (Mollusca: Heterobranchia). Vieraea 43, 21-86
- ^ Trapania bajamarensis Moro & Ortea, 2015. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 January 2019.
- ^ Moro, L., J. Ortea & J. J. Bacallado (1997). Primera cita de Trapania luquei Ortea, 1989 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) para las islas Canarias. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, 9: 119-123.