Trapania euryeia is a species of sea slug, a Doridoidea nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania euryeia. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-17]
Distribution
This species was described from
Madang, Papua New Guinea. The original description included specimens from Réunion,
Indonesia (
Sulawesi and
Bali), Okinawa, the
Marshall Islands,
Midway Atoll and
Hawaii. It has subsequently been reported from places all across the Indian and Pacific Oceans, including
Luzon,
Philippines and
South Africa.
Description
This goniodorid nudibranch is white, cream or pale yellow in colour, with a pattern of brown patches with fractal-like edges on the body. The gills, papillae and rhinophores are white flecked with brown. The oral tentacles are either orange or white and brown.
[Rudman, W.B., 2008 (March 10) Trapania euryeia Gosliner & Fahey, 2008. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.] This species is quite variable across its wide range and may prove to be a species complex.
Ecology
Trapania euryeia probably feeds on
Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
