Trapania aureopunctata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania aureopunctata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-16
Distribution This species was described from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It has also been reported from Tasmania and Victoria.
Description The body of this goniodorid nudibranch is opaque white. There are very fine orange spots and a few larger orange spots on the body and lateral papillae.Rudman, W.B., 2004 (January 27) Trapania aureopunctata Rudman, 1987. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Ecology Trapania aureopunctata probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
References
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