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Trapania miltabrancha Mosaic Trapania, Multigilled trapania

Trapania miltabrancha is commonly referred to as Mosaic Trapania, Multigilled trapania. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Trapania miltabrancha

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lexID:
9007 
AphiaID:
457512 
Scientific:
Trapania miltabrancha 
German:
Mosaik-Trapania, Rotkiemen Trapania 
English:
Mosaic Trapania, Multigilled Trapania 
Category:
Limaces de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Goniodorididae (Family) > Trapania (Genus) > miltabrancha (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gosliner & Fahey, 2008 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand, Tulamben, Western Pacific Ocean 
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:
- 10 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 0.39" (1 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Kelchwürmer (Entroprocta), Carnivore 
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:
2025-06-06 15:13:46 

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Trapania miltabrancha Gosliner & Fahey, 2008

The body is a mosaic of brown patches which contain white spots with orange. Rhinophores, gills and lateral papillae are cream with brown patches.

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

The name "miltabrancha" is based on the Greek words for 'red gill'.

External links

  1. researchgate.net (en). Abgerufen am 06.06.2025.
  2. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 05.11.2024.

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