| Doto kya | |
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| Doto kya from Princeton Harbor, California | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. kya |
| Binomial name | |
| Doto kya Marcus, 1961 [1] | |
Doto kya is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae .
This species was first described from California. It has been reported from the Pacific coasts of Mexico, the United States and Canada.
This nudibranch is white or pale brown in colour with dark brown or black markings on the body. [2]
Dotidae are a taxonomic family of small sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs formerly assigned to the order Opisthobranchia, but now considered to belong to the clade Dexiarchia.
Doto is a genus of sea slug, a nudibranch in the family Dotidae. This genus feeds on hydroids, as reflected by its serrated radula.
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Doto amyra, or the hammerhead doto, is a species of very small or minute sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dotidae.
Doto ussi is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto rosea 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 escatllari is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto varaderoensis is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto floridicola is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto fragilis is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto hystrix is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto lemchei is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto columbiana is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto lancei is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto formosa is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto greenamyeri is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto chica is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.