Trapania hispalensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
| Trapania hispalensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Trapania |
| Species: | T. hispalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Trapania hispalensis Cervera & Garcia-Gomez, 1989[1]
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Distribution edit
This species was first described from the Straits of Gibraltar. It is found from Ceuta, North Africa to Faro, Portugal.[3]
Description edit
This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour, with yellow markings. The rhinophores, gills and processes are covered with yellow pigment and there is a patch of yellow on the tail. It is very similar in colour to Trapania tartanella except that it has yellow markings with no tendency to become orange at the tips of the papillae, gills and rhinophores.[3]
Ecology edit
Trapania hispalensis feeds on Entoprocta of the genus Loxosomella which often grow on the sponges Dysidea and Sarcotragus.[4]
References edit
- ^ Cervera, J.L. & Garcia-Gomez, J.C. (1989) Dos nuevas especies de Trapania Pruvot-Fol, 1931 (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) del sur de Espana. Boll. Malacol., 24(9-12): 189-204.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2015). Trapania hispalensis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-19
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2005 (September 8) Trapania hispalensis Cervera & Garcia-Gomez, 1989. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ L. Sánchez-Tocino and J. L. Cervera. 2006. Primeros datos sobre la dieta de Trapania maculata Haefelfinger, 1960 y T. hispalensis Cervera y García-Gómez, 1989 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia). Zoologia Baetica, 17: 85-89.