Trapania bajamarensis
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | T. bajamarensis
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| Trapania bajamarensis Moro & Ortea, 2015[1]
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Trapania bajamarensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from the intertidal region at Bajamar, La Laguna Tenerife with additional specimens from Tenerife and Lanzarote.[1] It was previously reported as Trapania luquei, a species from the Cape Verde Islands.[3]
Description
This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white with an irregular pattern of pale brown forming patches on the body. There are yellow spots on the head, the body, the tail and on the rhinophores and gills. There is white opaque pigment on the head and tail and on the appendages.[1]
Ecology
Trapania bajamarensis probably feeds on Entoprocta, which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
References
- ^ a b c Moro, L. & Ortea, J.A., (2015). Nuevos taxones de babosas marinas de las islas Canarias y de Cabo Verde (Mollusca: Heterobranchia). Vieraea 43, 21-86
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania bajamarensis Moro & Ortea, 2015. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-08
- ^ Moro, L., J. Ortea & J. J. Bacallado (1997). Primera cita de Trapania luquei Ortea, 1989 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) para las islas Canarias. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, 9: 119-123.