Trapania graeffei
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | T. graeffei
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Drepania graeffei, Bergh, 1881 | |
Trapania graeffei is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Tergeste, Italy.[1] It does not seem to have been seen since 1879.
Description
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
Like other species in this genus Trapania graeffei probably feeds on Entoprocta, which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2015). Trapania graeffei. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-19