Trapania lineata
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| Trapania lineata | |
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| Trapania lineata crawling across a sponge | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Trapania |
| Species: | T. lineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Trapania lineata Haefelfinger, 1960[1] | |
Trapania lineata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
This species was first described from Villefranche-sur-Mer in the Mediterranean Sea. It is found from Antalya, Turkey to Spain.[3]
Description
The length of the body attains 15 mm. This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour, with a pattern of opaque white lines on the body and running into the lateral papillae. The oral tentacles, rhinophores, gills and lateral processes are tipped with yellow-orange pigment. There is a narrow white stripe along the tail which becomes an orange tip.[3]