Trapania pallida
Kress, 1968
Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: ANADORIDOIDEA
Family: Goniodorididae
DISTRIBUTION
Atlantic coast of Europe from Spain to British Isles.
PHOTO
Wembury, Plymouth, England, 31 May 1975. Photo: Bernard Picton
Translucent white with opaque white patches or streaks in the dorsal midline and posterior foot. Also white on oral tentacles, lateral processses, gills and rhinophores. Grows to about 15mm long.
Reference:
• Kress, A. (1968). Trapania pallida sp. nov. (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda), a genus new to Britain. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 38: 161-165.
Rudman, W.B., 2001 (February 8) Trapania pallida Kress, 1968. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/trappall
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