| Doto maculata | |
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| The nudibranch Doto maculata, Strangford Lough, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK. 3mm. in length. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. maculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Doto maculata | |
Doto maculata is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae .
This species was first described from Devon, United Kingdom. It was re-described and separated from synonymy with Doto coronata by Lemche in 1976. [2]
This nudibranch is translucent white with dark red spots on the ceratal tubercles. It is one of the smaller representatives of the Doto coronata group of species. One of its most distinctive features is the length of the tubercles on the cerata. [3]
Doto maculata feeds on the hydroid Halopteris catharina, family Halopterididae.
Doto is a genus of sea slug, a nudibranch in the family Dotidae. This genus feeds on hydroids, as reflected by its serrated radula.
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 pinnatifida is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, and is found around the United Kingdom and France. It is 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 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 dunnei is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto eireana is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto tuberculata 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 lemchei is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto sarsiae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto hydrallmaniae 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 affinis 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.
Henning Mourier Lemche was a Danish zoologist.
Doto africoronata is a species of small sea slug or nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.