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Trapania cirrita

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Goniodorididae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Onchidoridoidea

Genus
  
Trapania

Trapania cirrita

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

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Distribution

This species was first described from South Africa.

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent brown in colour, with an irregular network of short white lines on the body.

Ecology

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

References

Trapania cirrita Wikipedia