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

Trapania graeffei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Trapania
Species:
T. graeffei
Binomial name
Trapania graeffei
(Bergh, 1881)[1]
Synonyms

Drepania graeffei, Bergh, 1881

Distribution

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This species was described from Tergeste, Italy.[1] It does not seem to have been seen since 1879.

Description

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This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white with a rose-red tint and a scattering of brown spots all over the body. The rhinophores and gills are rose-red. "Color pellucide et clare rosaceus, supra punctis et maculis minutis fuscis ubique sparsis; appendices rhinophoriales et branchiales rosaceae."[1]

Ecology

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Like other species in this genus Trapania graeffei probably feeds on Entoprocta, which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bergh, L. S. R. 1881. Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Polyceraden, II. Verhandlungen der königlichkaiserlich Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (Abhandlungen) 30:629-668, pls. X-XV.
  2. ^ Gofas, S. (2015). Trapania graeffei. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-19