Doto (gastropod)

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Doto
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Doto varaderoensis with spawn
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Oken, 1815 [1]
Type species
Doris coronata
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms [2]
  • DotillaBergh, 1879 (invalid: junior homonym of DotillaStimpson, 1858; Iduliella is a replacement name)
  • DotonaIredale, 1918 (invalid: junior homonym of DotonaCarter, 1880)
  • GellinaGray, 1850
  • IdaliaGray, 1847
  • IduliaLeach, 1852
  • IduliellaThiele, 1931
  • TimorellaBergh, 1905

Doto is a genus of sea slug, a nudibranch in the family Dotidae. This genus feeds on hydroids, as reflected by its serrated radula. [3]

Contents

Oken's 1815 Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte has been placed by ICZN Opinion 417 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoology, but an exception was made for Doto which has been placed by ICZN Opinion 697 on the Official List of Generic Names. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Doto include: [2]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Oken L. (1815). Lehrb. Nat.3(1): 278.
  2. 1 2 3 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Doto. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-07
  3. W. J. Lambert (1991). "Coexistence of Hydroid Eating Nudibranchs: Do Feeding Biology and Habitat Use Matter?". The Biological Bulletin. 181 (2): 248–260. doi:10.2307/1542096. JSTOR   1542096. PMID   29304644.
  4. Moles J., Wägele H, Ballesteros M., Pujals Á., Uhl G., Avila C. (2016). "The End of the Cold Loneliness: 3D Comparison between Doto antarctica and a New Sympatric Species of Doto (Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia)". PLOS ONE. 11 (7) e0157941. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1157941M. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157941 . PMC   4943632 . PMID   27411060.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)