Trapania vitta
Orange-edged pump dorid
Philippines · Indo Pacific - South China Sea
- Size
- 2–5 mm
- Native range
- Western Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and southern Japan
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Description
A tiny, mostly white Trapania described by Gosliner & Fahey (2008) from Amed, Bali. Its name ('ribbon') refers to the orange or reddish-brown bands on the rhinophores and gill; earlier photos were often labelled T. aurata.
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Identification
Body entirely white, 2–5 mm, including the lateral appendages and foot corners. Oral tentacles orange or reddish-brown; rhinophore clubs white with an orange line on the upper front side; gill leaves white with orange lines on the rachis. Foot tip blue-grey, sometimes with an orange spot.
Similar species
Trapania aurata (Hong Kong, New Caledonia) is very similar and has been confused with it; differences are mainly in the radula.
Habitat & diet
Habitat
Shallow reefs and rubble.
Food
Like other Trapania, presumably entoprocts (Entoprocta).