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Trapania scurra Gosliner & Fahey, 2008
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Trapania scurra is characterised by a translucent purple or lavender background
colour of the body, deepening to an opaque blue on the head and posterior tip of the body/ foot.
There are larger white rounded patches scattered in what appears to be a regular
and symmetrical pattern on the body. 5 are along the midline between the front of the head
and the gills, and 3 are behind the gills. There are two on each side of the large patch just in front of the gills,
and another one just behind each rhinophore. There are 2 or 3 along each side of the body
and these appear to be slightly raised. Each white patch is edged with a thin dark - probably blue - line.
The extra-branchial and extra-rhinophoral processes are opaque white with two translucent blusih or
brownish bands. The gills and rhinophores are translucent clear with darker bluish-purple edging.
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