Doto orcha

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Doto orcha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. orcha
Binomial name
Doto orcha
Yonow, 2000 [1]

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

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Distribution

This species was first described from the Gulf of Aquaba, Red Sea. [2]

Description

This nudibranch is very elongate with paired cerata which are widely spaced down the length of the body. [3]

Ecology

Doto orcha feeds on the hydroid Dynamena disticha.

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References

  1. Yonow, N., 2000. Red Sea Opisthobranchia 4: The orders Cephalaspidea, Anaspidea, Notaspidea and Nudibranchia: Dendronotacea and Aeolidacea. Fauna of Arabia, 18: 87-131.
  2. "Doto orcha[in] Opisthobranchs of Eilat". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
  3. Yonow, N., 2008. Sea Slugs of the Red Sea. Pensoft Series Faunistica, Volume 74. Sofia (Bulgaria) : Pensoft Publishers, p.234.