Trapania miltabrancha
Philippines · Indo Pacific - South China Sea
- Size
- 10–10 mm
- Native range
- Indonesia (Bali), with later records from Japan
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Description
A small goniodoridid described by Gosliner & Fahey (2008) from Tulamben, Bali. The name means 'red gill', after its pale red gill leaves.
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Identification
Short, squat body about 10 mm long. White to brownish background with dense brown reticulate patches dotted with small white spots and overlaid by red swirls. Oral tentacles patterned like the body; the stout lateral appendages are white with pinkish tips; rhinophore clubs blotched dark; gill leaves pale red.
Similar species
Trapania euryeia and T. brunnea have a slimmer body and thinner appendages and lack red swirls; T. reticulata lacks red swirls.
Habitat & diet
Habitat
Rubble slopes; recorded at about 10 m.
Food
Like other Trapania, presumably entoprocts (Entoprocta).