Doto galapagoensis

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Doto galapagoensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. galapagoensis
Binomial name
Doto galapagoensis
Ortea, 2010 [1]

Doto galapagoensis 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 Floreana, Galapagos Islands.

Description

This nudibranch is translucent white mottled with black or ash-grey spots on the surface. The cerata are transparent with cream or white digestive gland inside. The terminal tubercle has an internal black spherical spot. The only animal known was probably a juvenile, only 3 mm in length when alive and moving. There were 5 pairs of cerata, but only the first two were developed with surface tubercles.

Ecology

Doto galapagoensis was found associated with small hydroids.

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References

  1. Ortea J., 2010. Tres nuevas especies de Doto Oken, 1815 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia), colectadas en el Caribe de Costa Rica y en las Islas Galapagos. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 21(3-4): 109-115, page 113.