Trapania inbiotica is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
| Trapania inbiotica | |
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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. inbiotica
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| Binomial name | |
| Trapania inbiotica Camacho-Garcia & Ortea, 2000[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Cabo Blanco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica and from Islas Secas, Panamá.[1]
Description
editThe body of this goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white with red patches composed of small red dots partly coalesced into irregular shaped spots. The rhinophores and gills are white with a few smaller red spots. The oral tentacles, lateral papillae, gills, and tail have red spots at the base and yellow tips.[1][3]
Ecology
editLike other species in this genus Trapania inbiotica probably feeds on Entoprocta, which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
References
edit- ^ a b c Camacho Y. & Ortea J. 2000. A new species of Trapania Pruvot-Fol, 1931 (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from the pacific coast of Central America. Revista de Biología Tropical, 48(2/3): 317-322
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania inbiotica. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-19
- ^ Hermosillo, A. & Valdés, Á. (2004) Two New Species of Dorid Nudibranchs (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from Bahía de Banderas and La Paz, Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 55(28): 550–560, 5 figs.