Biology:Trapania luquei

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Trapania luquei
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
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

The length of the body attains 12 mm.

Distribution

This species was first described from the Cape Verde Islands.

Ecology

Trapania luquei probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.

References

  1. 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
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Trapania luquei. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-19

Wikidata ☰ Q14500364 entry