Doto hydrallmaniae

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Doto hydrallmaniae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. hydrallmaniae
Binomial name
Doto hydrallmaniae
Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992 [1]

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

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Distribution

This species was first described from the Isle of Man, United Kingdom.

Description

This nudibranch is translucent white with dark red spots on the ceratal tubercles. [3] Its body size attains 10 mm.

Ecology

Doto hydrallmaniae feeds on the hydroid Hydrallmania falcata, family Sertulariidae.

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References

  1. Morrow C.C., Thorpe J.P. & Picton B. (1992). Genetic divergence and cryptic speciation in two morphs of the common subtidal nudibranch Doto coronata (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea: Dotoidae) from the Northern Irish Sea. Marine Ecology Progress series, 84(1): 53-61.
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Doto hydrallmaniae Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-26
  3. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. Doto hydrallmaniae Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992.[In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.