Trapania luquei
| Trapania luquei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Trapania |
| Species: | T. luquei |
| Binomial name | |
| Trapania luquei Ortea, 1989[1] | |
Trapania luquei is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
Description
[edit]The length of the body attains 12 mm.[3] Its dorsum and tail are white, peppered with small, intense yellow spots in an irregular pattern, while the flanks are dark or nearly black with small unpigmented areas.[4]
Distribution
[edit]This species was first described from the Cape Verde Islands.
Ecology
[edit]Trapania luquei probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
References
[edit]- ↑ Ortea J. (1989). Descripción de algunos Moluscos Opistobranquios nuevos recolectados en el Archipiélago de Cabo Verde. Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 13: 17-34 page(s): 21-22
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2015). Trapania luquei. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-19
- ↑ Ortea, J. (1989). "Descripción de algunos Moluscos Opistobranquios nuevos recolectados en el Archipiélago de Cabo Verde". Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia. 13: 17–34.
- ↑ Edmunds, M. (2009). "Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Goniodorididae". Journal of Conchology. 40 (1): 37–54.