Trapania velox | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Goniodorididae |
Genus: | Trapania |
Species: | T. velox
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Binomial name | |
Trapania velox (Cockerell, 1901)
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Synonyms | |
Thecacera velox Cockerell, 1901 original combination |
Trapania velox is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae. [2]
This species was described from La Jolla, California. [1] It has since been reported from California south to Bahia Tortugas, Baja California, Mexico. [3]
This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour, with a pattern dark brown lines forming a loose network on the body. The tips of the rhinophores, oral tentacles, gills, tail and lateral papillae are tipped with yellow. [4]
Trapania velox probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.