Doto koenneckeri

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Doto koenneckeri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. koenneckeri
Binomial name
Doto koenneckeri
Lemche, 1976 [1]

Doto koenneckeri is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc belonging to the family Dotidae.

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Distribution

This species was first described from Galway Bay, Ireland. While a specimen from Hjeltefjord, Norway, is included in the original description, the depth and habitat (90–40 m, Lophelia-reef) of this record should be regarded with skepticism.

Description

This nudibranch is white with brown surface pigmentation on the back and sides of the body. This pigmentation is absent along an irregular band connecting the ceratal bases. [2]

Ecology

Doto koenneckeri feeds on the hydroid Aglaophenia pluma, family Aglaopheniidae.

References

  1. Lemche H. (1976). New British species of Doto Oken, 1815. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 56: 691-706
  2. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland