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Trapania benni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Onchidoridoidea
Family:	Goniodorididae
Genus:	Trapania
Species:	T. benni
Binomial name
Trapania benni Rudman, 1987

Trapania benni is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

Distribution

This species was described from New South Wales, Australia. It has also been reported from Victoria, Rapid Bay, South Australia and Fremantle, Western Australia.

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white with a meshwork pattern of pale brown forming irregular patches on the body. There are round yellow spots on the head, behind the rhinophores, behind the gills and on the rhinophores and gills, all within the white areas.

Ecology

Trapania benni probably feeds on Entoprocta, which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.

References

1. Rudman, W.B. (1987). The genus Trapania (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 53: 189-212
2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania benni. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-16
3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (April 4) Trapania benni Rudman, 1987. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

• Burn R. (2006) A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports 10:1–42

• Goniodorididae
• Gastropods described in 1987