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Trapania tora Round-Bulge Trapania

Trapania tora is commonly referred to as Round-Bulge Trapania. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Trapania tora,Labuan Airprang, North Sulawesi, ID 2023


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lexID:
9009 
AphiaID:
457518 
Scientific:
Trapania tora 
German:
Rundhöcker Trapania 
English:
Round-Bulge Trapania 
Category:
Nudibranchi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Goniodorididae (Family) > Trapania (Genus) > tora (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gosliner & Fahey, 2008 
Occurrence:
Bali, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Sulawesi 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 0.28" (0.7 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Kelchwürmer (Entroprocta), Carnivore, Food specialist 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-07-25 20:56:33 

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Trapania tora Gosliner & Fahey, 2008

Trapania tora is dark grey to black with a pattern of white patches and thin white net-like lines. Gills, papillae and rhinophores are translucent with white fine pigment. The oral tentacles have the body pattern at the base and white tips.There are rounded white tubercles on the back and behind the gills.

Sea slugs genus Trapania feeds on Entoprocts (Kamptozoans),which often grow on sponges, algae and other living substrata.

External links

  1. researchgate.net (en). Abgerufen am 06.06.2025.
  2. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Trapania tora,Semporna Malaysia - June 2025
Trapania tora,Semporna Malaysia - June 2025
Trapania tora,Labuan Airprang, North Sulawesi, ID 2023
Round-Bulge Trapania,Trapania tora, Bali 2023

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