Trapania tora
Gosliner & Fahey, 2008

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: ANADORIDOIDEA
Family: Goniodorididae

DISTRIBUTION

 Known only from Bali, Indonesia

PHOTO

Upper: CASIZ 140334, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia, 7 mm. Photo: T. Gosliner. Lower: CASIZ 140334. Radular morphology. Scale =10 µm. [From Gosliner & Fahey 2008: Fig. 22C].

The background colour of the body is white but most of that is obscured by a dull orange-yellow pigment which covers most of the dorsum except for areas where elongate grey-black patches are clustered to form a symmetrical pattern. Anteriorly, these black marks form a band around the edge of the head and cover the bottom half of the oral tentacles. Between the rhinophores and the gills they form a Y shaped pattern which expands just in front of the gills to encircle the gills and then forms a median band behind the gills. The dorso-lateral processes are white with an orange-yellow streak along the dorsal surface. The rhinophores and gills are transparent with opaque yellowish markings.

There are raised rounded tubercles of irregular size on the dorsum, most of which are found just in front, or just behind the gills. The living animals grow to at least 7 mm in length.

  • Gosliner, T.M. & Fahey, S.H. (2008)  Systematics of Trapania (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) with descriptions of 16 new species Systematics and Biodiversity, 6 (1): 53-98
Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2008 (March 10) Trapania tora Gosliner & Fahey, 2008. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/traptora