Doto chica

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Doto chica
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Doto chica on substrate
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. chica
Binomial name
Doto chica
Synonyms [1]

Doto fragilis umia Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1969
Doto umia Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1969

Contents

Doto chica is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

Distribution

Distribution of Doto chica includes Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, Cuba, Brazil and Panama. [2]

Description

The body is narrow and elongate. [2] Rhinophores are smooth and rhinophoral sheaths are with small posterior extensions. [2] Cerata are large, with rounded tubercles; apical tubercles much larger than the rest. [2] Background color is translucent gray with a dense series of dark brown spots and a less dense set of opaque white spots on the dorsum. [2] Cerata are with orange extensions of the digestive gland. [2] The maximum recorded body length is 5 mm [2] or up to 10 mm. [3]

Ecology

Minimum recorded depth is 4 m. [3] Maximum recorded depth is 4 m. [3]

It can be found on hydroids. [2] It is known to feed on hydroids of the genus Eudendrium . [2]

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References

This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the reference [2]

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Doto chica Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420621 on 2016-12-15
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  3. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.