Trapania luquei
Appearance
Trapania luquei | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Goniodorididae |
Genus: | Trapania |
Species: | T. luquei
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Binomial name | |
Trapania luquei Ortea, 1989[1]
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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.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2015) |
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