Trapania franae Fran's Nudibranch

Trapania franae is commonly referred to as Fran's Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18619 

AphiaID:

1748732 

Scientific:

Trapania franae 

German:

Frans Trapania, Falten- oder Griffelschnecke 

English:

Fran's Nudibranch 

Category:

Nudibranchi 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Goniodorididae (Family) > Trapania (Genus) > franae (Species) 

Initial determination:

Paz-Sedano, Cobb, Gosliner & Pola, 2024 

Occurrence:

Australia, New Caledonia, Queensland (Australia) 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Estuaries (river mouths), Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1,5 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Kelchwürmer (Entroprocta), Carnivore, No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Trapania africana
• 
  Trapania armilla
  Armreif Trapania
• 
  Trapania aurata
  Vergoldete Trapania
• 
  Trapania aureopunctata
  Golden Gesprenkelte Trapania
• 
  Trapania bajamarensis
  Bajamar Trapania
• 
  Trapania benni
  Bens Trapania
• Trapania bonellenae
• 
  Trapania brunnea
  Braune Trapania
• 
  Trapania caerulea
  BläulicheTrapania
• Trapania canaria
• 
  Trapania circinata
  Circinata Trapania, Falten- oder Griffelschnecke
• 
  Trapania cirrita
  Weißlinien Trapania
• 
  Trapania dalva
  Weißes-V Trapania
• 
  Trapania darvelli
  Darvells Trapania
• Trapania darwini
• 
  Trapania euryeia
  Euryeia Trapania
• Trapania fusca
• 
  Trapania gibbera
  Rückenhöcker Trapania
• 
  Trapania goddardi
  Goddards Trapania
• Trapania goslineri
• Trapania graeffei
• Trapania hispalensis
• Trapania inbiotica
• Trapania japonica
• 
  Trapania lineata
  Linien Trapania
• Trapania luquei
• 
  Trapania maculata
  Flecken Trapania
• Trapania maringa
• Trapania melaina
• 
  Trapania miltabrancha
  Mosaik-Trapania, Rotkiemen Trapania
• 
  Trapania naeva
  Muttermal Trapania
• 
  Trapania nebula
  Nebel Trapania
• Trapania orteai
• Trapania pallida
• 
  Trapania palmula
  Ruderblatt Trapania
• 
  Trapania reticulata
  Netzmuster Trapania
• 
  Trapania rudmani
  Rudmans Trapania
• 
  Trapania safracornia
  Gelbhorn Trapania
• Trapania sanctipetrensis
• 
  Trapania scurra
  Narren Trapania
• 
  Trapania squama
  Schuppen Trapania
• 
  Trapania tartanella
  Tartanella Griffelschnecke
• 
  Trapania toddi
  Todds Trapania
• 
  Trapania tora
  Rundhöcker Trapania
• 
  Trapania velox
  Flinke Trapania
• 
  Trapania vitta
  Band Trapania
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Trapania bourdili
  Bourdils Trapania, Falten- oder Griffelschnecke
• 
  Trapania franae
  Frans Trapania, Falten- oder Griffelschnecke
• 
  Trapania joannotae
  Joannots Trapania, Falten- oder Grfiffelschnecke
• 
  Trapania kahel
  Kahel Trapania, Orange Moostierchen Trapania
• 
  Trapania kamagong
  Kamagong Trapania
• 
  Trapania lemnalioides
  Lemnalia Trapania
• 
  Trapania mechineaui
  Mechineaus Trapania, Falten- oder Griffelschnecke
• 
  Trapania rocherensis
  Rocher à la Voile Trapania, Falten- oder Griffelschnecke
• 
  Trapania rollandi
  Rollands Trapania, Falten- oder Griffelschnecke
• 
  Trapania sp.01
  Falten- oder Griffelschnecke
• 
  Trapania sp.04
  Falten- oder Griffelschnecke
• 
  Trapania sp.12
  Falten- oder Griffelschnecke
• 
  Trapania stegodon
  Stegodon Trapania
• 
  Trapania tamaraw
  Tamaraw Trapania, Büffel Trapania
• 
  Trapania tatsulok
  Dreieck Trapania
• 
  Trapania tigger
  Tigger Trapania

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-09-16 10:31:45 

Last edit:

2026-09-16 10:39:34 

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