Trapania aureopunctata
Rudman, 1987

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Family: Goniodorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Described from Sydney, New South Wales. but records on Forum from Tasmania and South Australia suggest a temperate Australian distribution.

PHOTO

Clovelly, Sydney, New South Wales, October 1978. 9mm long alive.
PHOTO: Bill Rudman.

The whole body, including the gills and rhinophores is opaque (pigmented not translucent) white with a few irregular golden yellow spots scattered over the body. Six of the spots are relatively large with one of each side of the lateral processes, one in front of the gills and one behind. The smaller spots are scattered over the body but not on the head. This species differs markedly in colour and radular morphology from the two species T. brunnea and T. benni that have sympatric distributions.

Reference:
• Rudman,W.B.(1987). The genus Trapania (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 53: 189-212.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2004 (January 27) Trapania aureopunctata Rudman, 1987. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/trapaure

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