Doto floridicola

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Doto floridicola
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The nudibranch Doto floridicola, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK.
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. floridicola
Binomial name
Doto floridicola
Simroth, 1888 [1]
Synonyms

Doto susanaeFez, 1962

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

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Distribution

This species was first described from the Azores. It has subsequently been reported from the UK and continental coasts south to Portugal and into the Mediterranean Sea. [2]

Description

This dendronotid nudibranch is translucent white with large red spots entirely covering the ceratal tubercles. The back and sides are covered with an irregular, patchy, brown-red pigment, and there are bare areas around the bases of the cerata and along the sides of the foot.

Ecology

Doto floridicola feeds on the hydroid Aglaophenia kirchenpaueri , family Aglaopheniidae.

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References

  1. ↑ Simroth, H., 1888. Zur Kenntnis der Azorenfauna. Archiv für Naturgeshichte, 54: 219-221, pl. 15.
  2. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2002 (July 25) Doto floridicola Simroth, 1888. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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