Trapania palmula

Trapania palmula is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

Trapania palmula
The nudibranch Trapania palmula, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Goniodorididae
Genus:
Trapania
Species:
T. palmula
Binomial name
Trapania palmula
Gosliner & Fahey, 2008[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Luzon, Philippines. It is also found in Indonesia and southern Japan.[2]

Description

This species of Trapania is unusual in having raised rounded tubercles all over the body. It is translucent white in colour with dense speckling of brown and some larger brown patches. The lateral papillae have a patch of white surrounding a blue diagonal streak.[2]

Ecology

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

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References
  1. Gosliner, T.M. & Fahey, S.H. (2008) Systematics of Trapania (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) with descriptions of 16 new species Systematics and Biodiversity, 6 (1): 53-98
  2. Rudman, W.B., 2008 (March 10) Trapania palmula Gosliner & Fahey, 2008. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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