Doto eireana

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Doto eireana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida
Superfamily:
Tritonioidea
Family:
Dotidae
Genus:
Doto
Species:
D. eireana
Binomial name
Doto eireana
Lemche, 1976 [1]

Doto eireana is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae . [2]

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Distribution

This species was first described from Galway Bay, Ireland. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland.

Description

This dendronotid nudibranch is translucent white with dark red spots on the ceratal tubercles. [3]

Ecology

Doto eireana feeds on the hydroid Amphisbetia operculata, family Sertulariidae.

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References

  1. ↑ Lemche H. (1976). New British species of Doto Oken, 1815. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 56: 691-706
  2. ↑ Gofas, S. (2015). Doto eireana Lemche, 1976. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-28
  3. ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Doto eireana Lemche, 1976. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2015-12-28
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