Doto formosa

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Doto formosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. formosa
Binomial name
Doto formosa
Verrill, 1875 [1]

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

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Distribution

This species was first described from Rhode Island, United States.

Description

This nudibranch is pale brown with no markings. [2]

Ecology

Doto formosa feeds on hydroids.

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References

  1. Verrill, A. E. (1875). Brief contributions to zoology from the Museum of Yale College. No. XXXIII.--Results of dredging expeditions off the New England coast in 1874. American Journal of Science & Arts, series 3, 10(55): 36-43. Plate 3, 4.
  2. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (September 4) Doto formosa Verrill, 1875. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.