Trapania benni
Rudman, 1987

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Family: Goniodorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Known only from New South Wales and Victoria, southeastern Australia.

PHOTO

Flinders, Westernport Bay, Victoria,, Australia. March 1986. 14mm long alive. PHOTO: Bill Rudman.

The background colour is a pale reddish brown with a close covering of yellow or white specks. There are a series of symmetrical white patches on the body which are scattered with large yellow spots. It is somewhat similar externally to T. brunnea but in that species the background colour is a uniform dark brown and there are no yellow spots in the large white patches.They differ considerably in tooth morphology.

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., 2001 (April 4) Trapania benni Rudman, 1987. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/trapbenn

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