Doto fragilis

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Doto fragilis
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The nudibranch Doto fragilis, Pembrokeshire, Wales, U
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. fragilis
Binomial name
Doto fragilis
Forbes, 1838 [1]
Synonyms
  • Doto auritaHesse, 1872 (dubious synonym)
  • Doto pinnigeraHesse, 1872
  • Melibaea fragilisForbes, 1838
  • Meliboea minutaForbes, 1844

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

Contents

Subspecies

Distribution

This species was first described from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea in 1838 by the famed naturalist Edward Forbes. It has subsequently been reported from all around Britain and Ireland and continental coasts south to Portugal and into the Mediterranean Sea. [3]

Description

The body of this nudibranch is predominantly brown in colour. There is a series of pale patches along the sides of the body. [4]

Ecology

Doto fragilis feeds on the hydroids Nemertesia antennina and Nemertesia ramosa , family Plumulariidae.

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References

  1. ↑ Forbes, E. 1838. Malacologia Monensis: a catalogue of the Mollusca inhabiting the Isle of Man and the neighbouring sea. Edinburgh: J. Carfrae and son pp. XII + 63 + 3 pl.
  2. ↑ Gofas, S. (2015). Doto fragilis (Forbes, 1838). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-26.
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (August 29) Doto fragilis (Forbes, 1838). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. Doto fragilis (Forbes, 1838). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
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