Trapania is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Goniodorididae.[2]

Trapania
A live individual of Trapania maculata, in situ, head towards the bottom of the image
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Trapania
Pruvot-Fol, 1931[1]

Description

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The genus Trapania is distinguished from other goniodorid nudibranchs by the possession of two pairs of lateral papillae which arise from the remnant of the pallial margin and curve backwards parallel with the main body axis. One pair arises just outside the rhinophores and the other just outside the gill cluster. A pair of prominent oral tentacles are attached to the front of the head.

Species

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Species within the genus Trapania include:[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Pruvot-Fol A. (1931). Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris (2)3: 309.
  2. ^ a b Trapania Pruvot-Fol, 1931. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 January 2019.
  3. ^ Edmunds M. (2009) abstract "Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Goniodorididae". Journal of Conchology 40(1): 37-54.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Gosliner, T.M. & Fahey, S.H. (2008) doi=10.1017/s1477200007002587 Systematics of Trapania (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) with descriptions of 16 new species. Systematics and Biodiversity, 6 (1): 53-98.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Rudman,W.B.(1987). The genus Trapania (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 53: 189-212. doi=10.1093/mollus/53.2.189