Trapania
Encyclopedia
Trapania is a genus
of sea slug
s, specifically dorid
nudibranch
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Goniodorididae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
s, specifically dorid
Doridacea
Doridacea is a taxonomic grouping of dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks. included in the clade Euctenidiacea of the clade Nudibranchia.- Taxonomy :*Superfamily Doridoidea**Family Dorididae**Family Actinocyclidae...
nudibranch
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Goniodorididae
Goniodorididae
Goniodorididae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Opisthobranchia.-Genera:Genera in the family Goniodorididae include:* Ancula Lovén, 1846* Goniodoris Forbes & Goodsir, 1939...
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Species
Species within the genus Trapania include:- Trapania africana Edmunds, 2009
- Trapania armilla Gosliner & Fahey, 2008
- Trapania aurata Rudman, 1987
- Trapania aureopunctata Rudman, 1987
- Trapania benni Rudman, 1987
- Trapania brunnea Rudman, 1987
- Trapania caerulea Gosliner & Fahey, 2008
- Trapania circinata Gosliner & Fahey, 2008
- Trapania cirrita Gosliner & Fahey, 2008
- Trapania dalva Marcus, 1972
- Trapania darvelli Rudman, 1987
- Trapania darwini Gosliner & Fahey, 2008
- Trapania euryeia Gosliner & Fahey, 2008
- Trapania fusca (Lafont, 1874) - type species, originally described as Drepania fusca Lafont, 1874
- Trapania gibbera Gosliner & Fahey, 2008
- Trapania goddardi Hermosillo & Valdes, 2004
- Trapania goslineri Millen & Bertsch, 2000
- Trapania graeffei (Bergh, 1880) - possibly a synonym of Trapania fusca
- Trapania hispalensis Cervera & García-Gómez, 1989
- Trapania inbiotica Camacho-Garcia & Ortea, 2000
- Trapania japonica (Baba, 1935)
- Trapania lineata Haefelfinger, 1960
- Trapania luquei Ortea, 1989
- Trapania maculata Haefelfinger, 1960
- Trapania maringa Marcus, 1957
- Trapania melaina Gosliner & Fahey, 2008
- Trapania miltabrancha Gosliner & Fahey, 2008
- Trapania naeva Gosliner & Fahey, 2008
- Trapania nebula Gosliner & Fahey, 2008
- Trapania orteai Cervera & García-Gómez, 1989
- Trapania pallida Kress, 1968 - possibly a synonym of Trapania maculata
- Trapania palmula Gosliner & Fahey, 2008
- Trapania reticulata Rudman, 1987
- Trapania rudmani Miller, 1981
- Trapania safracornia Fahey, 2004
- Trapania sanctipetrensis Cervera, Garcia-Gomez, & Megina, 2000
- Trapania scurra Gosliner & Fahey, 2008
- Trapania toddi Rudman, 1987
- Trapania velox (Cockerell, 1901)