Trapania maringa
| Trapania maringa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Trapania |
| Species: | T. maringa |
| Binomial name | |
| Trapania maringa Er. Marcus, 1957[1] | |
Trapania maringa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
Distribution
This species was first described from 14 km. west of Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil, where it was found amongst algae on the upper shore, in July and September 1955.[1]
Description
This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white with an irregular network of dark brown pigment just beneath the skin. The maximum recorded size was 7 mm in length.
Ecology
Trapania maringa probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
References
- 1 2 Marcus, Er. 1957. On Opisthobranchia from Brazil (2). Journal of the Linnean Society, London, Zoology 43(292):390-486, p. 442-443, figs. 138-145.
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Trapania maringa. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
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