Trapania reticulata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Trapania reticulata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
Distribution This species was described from the Great Barrier Reef. It has also been reported from the Andaman Sea and Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea which suggests a wide distribution in the central Indo-Pacific region. It has also been photographed in Bali, Indonesia.Connie Chen, Scuba Seraya, Bali.
Description This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent yellow with a reticulate pattern of brown pigment on the body, rhinophores, gills, oral tentacles and lateral papillae. The lateral papillae and the rhinophore clubs are unusually large in this species.Rudman, W.B., 2000 (May 21) Trapania reticulata Rudman, 1987. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Ecology Trapania reticulata feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.Alicia, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea on flickr
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