Doto iugula

Last updated

Doto iugula
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. iugula
Binomial name
Doto iugula
Ortea, 2001 [1]

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

Contents

Distribution

This species was described from Manzanillo on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.

Description

This nudibranch is very transparent, crystalline, with a medio-dorsal band of irregular orange spots. The cerata are transparent and the ceratal tubercles have no dark spots. The cerata have a conspicuous, orange, irregular patch near the apex. There are no pseudobranchs but just a few irregular tubercles on the inner faces of the cerata. [2]

Ecology

Doto iugula was not found associated with any food source.

Related Research Articles

<i>Doto coronata</i> Species of mollusc

Doto coronata is a species of small sea slug or nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae. It is the type species of the genus Doto.

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

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

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

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

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

<i>Doto escatllari</i> Species of gastropod

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

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

<i>Doto floridicola</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Doto millbayana</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Doto tuberculata</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Doto maculata</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Doto sarsiae</i> Species of gastropod

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

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

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

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

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

<i>Doto greenamyeri</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Doto chica</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Doto wildei</i> Species of gastropod

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

References