Golden Wentletrap (species: Epidendrium aureum) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Epidendrium aureum
Golden Wentletrap


©Anne Hoggett: Epidendrium aureum about 1 cm high parasitising a Tubastraea polyp on the outer north end of Yonge Reef near Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Epidendrium aureum about 1 cm high parasitising a Tubastraea polyp on the outer north end of Yonge Reef near Lizard Island. Yellow egg cases of the snail cover the oral discs of nearby polyps.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Family Epitoniidae
Genus Epidendrium
Species Epidendrium aureum

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Distinguishing features

A small, bright yellow snail that parasitises corals in the family Dendrophylliidae.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

  • Gittenberger, A. and E. Gittenberger (2005). A hitherto unnoticed adaptive radiation: epitoniid species (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) associated with corals (Scleractinia), Contributions to Zoology, 74(1,2). A hitherto unnoticed adaptive radiation: epitoniid species (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) associated with corals (Scleractinia) LIRS catalog number 90269.
  • Page, A.J. (1987). The feeding behaviour and biology of selected corallivorous, prosobranch gastropods from the east coast of Australia, M.Sc. thesis, University of Queensland, Brisbane. LIRS catalog number 258.
  • Page, A.J. and R.C. Willan (1988). Ontogenetic change in the radula of the gastropod Epitonium billeeana (Prosobranchia: Epitoniidae), The Veliger, 30(3): 222-229. LIRS catalog number 338.