| Doto lancei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. lancei |
| Binomial name | |
| Doto lancei Marcus & Marcus, 1967 [1] | |
Doto lancei is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae .
This species was first described from Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. It has been reported from the Pacific coast of North America from San Diego south to Costa Rica.
This species of Doto has a cream coloured body with extensive areas of dark brown or black pigment on the back and sides. The most well-developed ceratal tubercles have rings of dark pigment at their bases and a dark spot at the tip. [2]
Doto lancei feeds on the hydroid Aglaophenia sp., family Aglaopheniidae.
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 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 acuta is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto paulinae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto sabuli 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 millbayana is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto onusta 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 dunnei is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto koenneckeri is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto kya 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 cristal is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto cuspidata is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto bella 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.