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Marine Life / Nudibranchs

Trapania euryeia

Trapania euryeia
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Goniodorididae
Genus
Trapania
Species
Trapania euryeia

Trapania euryeia is a small goniodorid nudibranch with a white to translucent body patterned with orange-yellow markings. It has pointed projections beside its rhinophores and gills.

It grows to about 1-2 cm and feeds on entoprocts that live on sponges and other surfaces.

In the Philippines it is found on reefs and rubble slopes and is easiest to spot with a macro eye on sponges.