Rafi Amar, Israel
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Trapania aurata Rudman, 1987
The body is opaque white. This species is characterised by the yellow-orange tips to the anterior foot "tentacles", the oral tentacles and the rhinophores, and to the orange-yellow line along the dorsal edge of the lateral processes and the dorsal posterior midline of the body. The gills are sometimes lined with the same colour.
The coloration is similar to Trapania vitta except that in that species the lateral papillae are entirely white. Trapania gibbera is another species which is mainly white.
Trapania aurata probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
The body is opaque white. This species is characterised by the yellow-orange tips to the anterior foot "tentacles", the oral tentacles and the rhinophores, and to the orange-yellow line along the dorsal edge of the lateral processes and the dorsal posterior midline of the body. The gills are sometimes lined with the same colour.
The coloration is similar to Trapania vitta except that in that species the lateral papillae are entirely white. Trapania gibbera is another species which is mainly white.
Trapania aurata probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on sponges and other living substrata.
