Trapania canaria is a species of sea slug, a Doridoidea nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania canaria. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-17]
Distribution
This species was first described from Taliarte,
Telde,
Gran Canaria.
Description
This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour, mostly covered by small spots of chestnut brown surface pigment. These spots coalesce into darker patches at the sides of the back, behind the
and in two patches on each side, behind the
. There are opaque white spots on the head, sides of the body, lateral papillae, oral tentacles and rhinophores.
Ecology
Trapania canaria probably feeds on
Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
